ferris wheel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ferris wheel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ferris wheel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ferris wheel n a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates; provides a ride at an amusement park
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferris wheel \Fer"ris wheel\ An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven steel wheel, revolvable on its stationary axle, and carrying a number of balanced passenger cars around its rim; -- so called after G. W. G. Ferris, American engineer, who erected the first of its kind for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.