English Dictionary

Catherine wheel

名詞

A breaking wheel. / (chiefly heraldry) The image of a breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it. / A firework that rotates when lit. / (gymnastics) A cartwheel move. / (architecture) A rose window.

日本語の意味

拷問用具としての破砕輪（中世における拷問器具として用いられた車輪） / 紋章において描かれる、破砕輪またはとげ付き車輪の図像 / 点火すると回転し、火花を散らす花火（キャサリン・ホイール） / 体操における側転の一種（カートホイールの動作） / 建築における薔薇窓

The museum displayed an old Catherine wheel used for executions in medieval times.

博物館には中世に処刑で使われた古い車裂きの刑具が展示されていた。

意味（1）

A breaking wheel.

[…] her tortures consisted of being broken on a wheel (later called Catherine wheel), but the machine broke down injuring bystanders; Catherine was beheaded.

意味（2）

(chiefly heraldry) The image of a breaking wheel, or wheel with spikes on it.

, II.i.1: Sorcerers are too common; cunning men, wizards, and white witches […] have commonly St. Catherine's wheel printed in the roof of their mouth, or in some other part about them […]

意味（3）

A firework that rotates when lit.

意味（4）

(gymnastics) A cartwheel move.

[…] she went on, making turns and twists, flourishing her skirts, kicking higher and higher, and finally, among a volley of shouts, fell on her hands and turned head over heels in a magnificent catherine-wheel; then scrambling to her feet again, she tumbled into the arms of a young man standing in the front of the ring.

意味（5）

(architecture) A rose window.

Catherine wheels （ plural ）