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 Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
Now, although most people know Charles's Wain when they see it, we may still learn a good deal about it.
From Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.
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
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 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
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