Catherine wheel Hear it!

Catherine wheel definition

Catherine wheel

pinwheel (sense )

Etymology: orig., a spiked wheel symbolizing the instrument of torture involved in the martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.