Catherine wheel
noun/ˈkæθrɪn wiːl/
/ˈkæθrɪn wiːl/
(especially British English) (North American English usually pinwheel)
- a round flat firework that turns around in circles when litWord Originlate 16th cent. (as a heraldic term for a spiked wheel): named after St Catherine (died c. 307), with reference to her martyrdom.
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