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); wain

Example Sentences

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 The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

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)

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

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.