Charles's Wain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Charles's Wain
before 1000; Old English Carles wægn Carl's wagon ( Carl for Charlemagne); wain
Example Sentences
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Pointing to Charles’s Wain I said, “A good star for travellers.”
From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry
If he must fain sweep o'er the ethereal plain, And Pegasus runs restive in his 'Waggon,' Could he not beg the loan of Charles's Wain?
From Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
The pole of "Charles's Wain" in the heavens stood upward.
From The Nameless Castle by Jókai, Mór
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)
Septentriō′nes, the constellation of the Great Bear, or the seven stars near the north pole-star, called Charles's Wain.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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