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The Catherine Wheel (album) — Infobox Album Name = The Catherine Wheel Type = Soundtrack Artist = David Byrne Released = December 1981 Genre = Art rock Length = 68:53 Label = Sire Records Producer = David Byrne Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… … Wikipedia
Catherine wheel — may refer to:* Catherine wheel or breaking wheel, an instrument of torturous execution associated with Saint Catherine of Alexandria * Catherine wheel (firework), a type of spinning firework * Catherine wheel (window), a type of spoked circular… … Wikipedia
Catherine wheel (firework) — The Catherine wheel (also Catharine wheel, pinwheel) is a type of firework consisting of a powder filled spiral tube, or an angled rocket mounted with a pin through its centre. When ignited, it rotates quickly, producing a display of sparks and… … Wikipedia
Catherine Wheel — Infobox musical artist Name = Catherine Wheel Img capt = Background = group or band Origin = Great Yarmouth, England Genre = Grunge, Alternative rock, Shoegaze Years active = 1990–2000 Label = Fontana Wilde Club Columbia URL =… … Wikipedia
Catherine Wheel Alley — East out of Bishopsgate at No. 192, extending east to Middlesex Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Messuages in Catherine Wheel Alley given in 1637 for the poor of the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate (End. Ch.… … Dictionary of London
Catherine wheel — Cath er*ine wheel [So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom.] 1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as {Rose window} and {Wheel window}. Called also {Catherine wheel window}. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Catherine-wheel window — Catherine wheel Cath er*ine wheel [So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom.] 1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as {Rose window} and {Wheel window}. Called also {Catherine wheel window}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Catherine Wheel — war eine britische Band aus Great Yarmouth, England. Sie benannten sich nach einem Feuerwerkskörper, dem Feuerrad (engl.: Catherine Wheel ). Die Band formierte sich 1990 in der Besetzung Rob Dickinson (Gesang, Gitarre), Brian Futter (Gitarre),… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Catherine wheel — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a firework in the form of a spinning coil. ORIGIN named after St Catherine, who was martyred on a spiked wheel … English terms dictionary
Catherine wheel — n. [orig., a spiked wheel symbolizing the instrument of torture involved in the martyrdom of CATHERINE2 Saint of Alexandria] [also c w ] PINWHEEL (sense 2) … English World dictionary
