Charles's Wain

Proper noun

Charles' Wain

1. A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a wagon or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the seven stars Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid.
   • Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet our horse not packt.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

   Synonyms:

   Big Dipper, Drinking Gourd, Northern Ladle, Northern Waggoner, Plough, Wain