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coachwheel

coachwheel noun: a cartwheel, the wheel of a horse-drawn coach.

Noun

coachwheel (plural coachwheels)

  1. A cartwheel, the wheel of a horse-drawn coach
  2. (UK, historical, obsolete, slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
    • Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

Forms of coachwheel

pluralcoachwheels

Origin of coachwheel

From coach + wheel.

Questions about coachwheel

What does coachwheel mean?
Coachwheel means a cartwheel, the wheel of a horse-drawn coach.
What part of speech is coachwheel?
Coachwheel is a noun.
What is the plural of coachwheel?
The plural of coachwheel is coachwheels.

Words near coachwheel in the dictionary

  1. coachstand
  2. coachstands
  3. coachway
  4. coachways
  5. coachweed
  6. coachwheel
  7. coachwheels
  8. coachwhip
  9. coachwhipping
  10. coachwhips
  11. coachwise

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