CARROUSEL


Meaning of CARROUSEL in English

noun

or car·ou·sel ˌkarəˈsel, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ also -er- or -zel

( -s )

Etymology: French carrousel, from Italian carosello tourney in which the contestants threw balls of clay at each other, probably from Italian dialect (Neapolitan) carusello ball of clay, from caruso shorn head, boy

1.

a. : a tournament in which troops of horsemen execute various evolutions

b. : a riding exhibition performed to music in dancelike patterns by a group on horseback

2.

a. : merry-go-round

b. : a conveyer (as for assembly-line work) on which objects are placed and carried around a complete circuit on a horizontal plane

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.