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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The "Great Bear" was the "chariot" = "Charles's Wain", and the "Milky Way" the "river of the high cloud", the Celestial Euphrates, as in Egypt it was the Celestial Nile.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander
The Great Bear is one of the constellations known from the oldest times; it is also sometimes called Charles's Wain, the Dipper, or the Plough.
From The Children's Book of Stars by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)
For this reason I prefer the country people's name of Charles's Wain or Waggon to that of the "Plough," which astronomers generally give to these seven stars.
From Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.
"But I know," said he, "that it has something to do with the Great Bear, and the Dipper, and the Plough, and Charles's Wain."
From The Book of Dragons by Fell, H. Granville
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 Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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