thunder-wheel

noun

One of a set of supposed heavenly wheels that cause thunder when they roll.

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Meanings

nounthunder-wheel (plural thunder-wheels)

plural thunder-wheels

  1. literaryOne of a set of supposed heavenly wheels that cause thunder when they roll.

    Nearer it came, and nearer yet, till it was close upon us, rolling down like all the thunder-wheels of heaven behind the horses of the lightning.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
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