coach-wheel
1. The wheel of a coach.
| 1647 R. Stapylton Juvenal 65 Prometheus..stealing fire from the suns coach-wheeles. 1833 J. Holland Manuf. Metal (Cabinet Cycl.) II. 61 The former revolves on its axle, in the usual manner of a coach-wheel. |
2. slang. A large coin, as a crown, half-crown, or dollar; = cart-wheel n. 2.
| c 1690 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Coach-wheel, Fore, Half a Crown; Hind, A Crown. 1812 J. H. Vaux Flash Dict., Coach-wheel, a dollar, or crown-piece. 1834 H. Ainsworth Rookwood iii. xiii, One quid, two coach-wheels, half a bull. |
3. to turn coach-wheels; see cart-wheel n. 3.
| 1863 Kingsley Water Bab. i. 33 He could..turn coach⁓wheels on his hands and feet ten times following. |