Meanings
nouncoachwheel (plural coachwheels)
plural coachwheels
- UKhistoricalobsoleteslangA crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
- Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
- Latin*quoquō
- Latincoquō
- Late Latincoquus
- Proto-West Germanic*kok
- Old High Germanchoch
- Middle High Germankoch
- GermanKoch
- HungarianKoch
- HungarianKocs
- Hungariankocsi
- GermanKutsche
- Middle Frenchcoche
- Englishcoach
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
- Proto-Germanic*hweulō
- Old Englishhwēol
- Middle Englishwhel
- Englishwheel
- Englishcoachwheel
Cite this entry
APA
coachwheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coachwheel
MLA
“coachwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coachwheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coachwheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coachwheel.
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