coach-wheeln.
1. The wheel of a coach.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > of specific type or position
cartwheelc1386
truckle1459
trundle1564
clog-wheel1575
trindle1594
coach-wheel1647
roulette1659
roller1763
horizontal wheel1794
castora1800
castor-wheel1805
artillery wheel1834
training wheel1848
trailing wheel1850
spider-wheel1868
front wheel1878
trailer1884
trendle1887
wire wheel1907
square wheels1924
jockey-wheel1952
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 65 Prometheus..stealing fire from the suns coach-wheeles.
1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 61 The former revolves on its axle, in the usual manner of a coach-wheel.
2. slang. A large coin, as a crown, half-crown, or dollar; = cartwheel n. 2.
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1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Coach-wheel, Fore, Half a Crown; Hind, A Crown.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 163 Coach-wheel, a dollar, or crown-piece.
1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iii. xiii. 166 One quid, two coachwheels, half a bull.
3. to turn coach-wheels; see cartwheel n. 3.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > somersault > cartwheel
to turn coach-wheels1862
to turn cartwheels1864
1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies i, in Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 280/2 He could..turn coach wheels on his hands and feet ten times following.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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