Ferris wheel
noun /ˈferɪs wiːl/
/ˈferɪs wiːl/
(especially North American English) (British English usually big wheel)
- a large vertical wheel pointing into the sky at an amusement park that turns round and round, with seats hanging at its edge for people to ride inWord Originlate 19th cent.: named after George Ferris (1859–96), the American engineer who invented it.