() 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.
FERRIS WHEEL
Meaning of FERRIS WHEEL in English
Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012