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coach-wheel
1. The wheel of a coach.
1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 65 Prometheus..stealing fire from the suns coach-wheeles. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal (Cabinet Cycl.) 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; = cart-wheel n. 2.
c1690B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Coach-wheel, Fore, Half a Crown; Hind, A Crown. 1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Coach-wheel, a dollar, or crown-piece. 1834H. Ainsworth Rookwood iii. xiii, One quid, two coach-wheels, half a bull.
3. to turn coach-wheels; see cart-wheel n. 3.
1863Kingsley Water Bab. i. 33 He could..turn coach⁓wheels on his hands and feet ten times following. |