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/kˈæθərən wil/ Listen

noun

Catherine wheel n.

(Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.

(Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. (Written also Catharine wheel)

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Etymology of 'Catherine wheel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... eye," and thus protect the horse and its rider or its owner from calamity and harm. The brasses were varied in design, some of the more important being developments of the crescent moon. Some were made to imitate the sun with its pointed rays, others the Catherine wheel; the Kentish horse, too, a relic of Saxon days, has been frequently used, and there is the lotus flower of Egyptian origin. There are Moorish and Buddhist symbols, and many curious developments which ...

— Chats on Household Curios • Fred W. Burgess