Charles's Wain

American  

[chahrl-ziz weyn] / ˈtʃɑrl zɪz ˈweɪn /

noun

British Astronomy.

1. Big Dipper.

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Charles's Wain British  

/ weɪn /

noun

1. another name for the Plough

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Etymology

Origin of Charles's Wain

before 1000; Old English Carles wægn Carl's wagon ( Carl for Charlemagne); see wain

Example Sentences

But on July 24, as I learn, Charles’s Wain was in the N.W., and at midnight or 1 a.m. lay nearly due north, and as low down in the sky as it could be. 

From The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' by Sampson, John

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.

I am the hero of the crowds, as, on my trusty aeroplane, I cleave a pathway through the clouds, to Milky Way and Charles's Wain.

From Rippling Rhymes by Mason, Walt

Venus was all gibbous, the Zodiac was in its zenith, and the zenith was in Charles's Wain, commonly called The Cart.

From Berry And Co. by Yates, Dornford

"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