Catherine wheel
noun🔊/ˈkæθrɪn wiːl/
🔊/ˈkæθrɪn wiːl/
(especially British English) (North American English usually pinwheel)
a round flat firework that turns around in circles when lit 凯瑟琳车轮式焰火；转轮烟火 Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a heraldic term for a spiked wheel): named after St Catherine (died c. 307), with reference to her martyrdom.