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noun

carousel n.

A continuous belt oriented horizontally or near-horizontally around a central structure, driven in a circular motion by some mechanism, which carries luggage delivered from the luggage hold of an airplane to air travelers; used at airports.

Synonyms: luggage carousel.

Same as merry-go-round.

Synonyms: merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig.

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Etymology of 'Carousel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Carousel" Quotes from Famous Books

... cavalry, of which a great number passed, were very weak in numbers, but the men were uncommonly fine, and the horses strong and active. The finest regiment of infantry of the old guard, with some pieces of cannon, did not defile before the King, but passed out of the Cour de Carousel by a back way, on account, as we understood, of its having shewn strong symptoms of disgust on the entrance of the King into Paris. That regiment, as well as all the rest of the infantry of the old guard, then called the Grenadiers Francais, whom we had ever occasion to see, was composed ...

— Travels in France during the years 1814-1815 • Archibald Alison

... traveling shooting-gallery, so short that the muzzle of one's rifle nearly rests upon the painted lady with the sheet-iron breastbone, centered by a pinhead of a bull's-eye which never rings. There is often a small carousel, too, which is not only patronized by the children, but often by a crowd of students—boys and girls, who literally turn the merry-go-round into a circus, and who for the time are cheered to feats of bareback riding by ...

— The Real Latin Quarter • F. Berkeley Smith

Words linked to "Carousel" : conveyer belt, whirligig, conveyer, conveyor, luggage carousel, luggage carrousel, ride, merry-go-round, carrousel