catherine wheel

• POS: Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: cath=e=rine wheel

CIDE DICTIONARY

catherine wheel,  [So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom.].

•  Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.  [1913 Webster]
•  A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

catherine wheel, n.
1 a firework in the form of a flat coil which spins when fixed and lit.
2 a circular window with radial divisions.

Etymology

mod.L Catharina f. Gk Aikaterina name of a saint martyred on a spiked wheel