Charles's Wain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Charles's Wain
before 1000; Old English Carles wægn Carl's wagon ( Carl for Charlemagne); see wain
Example Sentences
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I followed their example that night, or rather watched Charles's Wain while they slept, but since then have slept on blankets on the floor under the roof.
From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
The Pole-star is really the front horse of a small imitation of Charles's Wain, which, however, has never been called by any special name, but only part of the "Little Bear."
From Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Arabella B. Buckley
The pole of "Charles's Wain" in the heavens stood upward.
From The Nameless Castle by Mór Jókai
These seven stars are popularly called the Wagon, Charles's Wain, or the Plough.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Charles's Wain was getting towards a right angle with the Pole star, and Gabriel concluded that it must be about nine o'clock—in other words, that he had slept two hours.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
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