Catherine wheel
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Catherine wheel may refer to:
- Catherine wheel or breaking wheelBreaking wheelThe breaking wheel, also known as the Catherine wheel or simply the wheel, was a torture device used for capital punishment in the Middle Ages and early modern times for public execution by bludgeoning to death...
, an instrument of torturous execution associated with Saint Catherine of Alexandria - "ye Katherine Wheele" (brand), the brand on a dappled gray mare in Sep. 1677 in Charles Co., Md. Source: Charles Co., Md. Court and Land Records, Liber G, p. 66
- Catherine wheel (firework)Catherine wheel (firework)The Catherine wheel is a type of firework consisting of a powder-filled spiral tube, or an angled rocket mounted with a pin through its centre...
, a type of spinning firework - Catherine wheel (window), a type of spoked circular window
- Catherine wheel, an older term for the cartwheelCartwheel (gymnastics)In gymnastics, a cartwheel is a sideways rotary movement performed by bringing the hands to the ground while the body inverts and the legs travel over the body, coming down to a standing position.-Terminology:...
move in gymnastics - Catherine WheelCatherine WheelCatherine Wheel were a four-piece alternative rock band from Great Yarmouth, England. The band was active from 1990 to 2000, experiencing fluctuating levels of commercial success, and embarking on many lengthy tours.-Biography:...
, 1990s British alternative rock band - The Catherine Wheel (dance), dance project by Twyla Tharp and David Byrne
- The Catherine Wheel (album)The Catherine Wheel (album)The Catherine Wheel is David Byrne's musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for her dance project. The Catherine Wheel premiered September 22, 1981, at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City....
, a recording of David Byrne's musical score commissioned by Twyla Tharp for her dance project of the same name - The Catherine Wheel (film), a film of the dance, produced by the BBC
- The Catherine Wheel (album)
- The Catherine Wheel is a crime novel by Patricia WentworthPatricia WentworthPatricia Wentworth was a British crime fiction writer.She was born in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India . She was educated privately and at Blackheath High School in London. After the death of her first husband, George F. Dillon, in 1906, she settled in Camberley, Surrey...
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