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

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.

And Charles's Wain, the wondrous seven, And sheep-flock clouds like worlds of wool.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour

Leader of Wild Hunt, 25, 26; Bertha, mother of, 56; Freya’s temple destroyed by, 136; sword of, 179 Charles V. Alva, general of, 89 Charles’s Wain.

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

Charles’s Wain was the old name for the seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major.

From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger

The seven stars of Charles's Wain, showing the directions in which they are travelling.

From Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.