carousel English · revision 1920

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkæɹəsɛl/, /ˌkæɹəˈzɛl/; /ˌkærəˈsɛl/ ''(UK)''; /ˌkæɹəˈsɛl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|carrousel|t=tilting match]],^(AHD)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|it|carosello]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) Random House traces the Italian word, the name of a ball game, to Neapolitan dialect ''carusello'', a clay ball, literally “little head”;^(RHWU) Etymonline suggests instead that it may come from ''carro'' “chariot”, from Latin ''carrus''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A tournament in which knights or horsemen, divided into companies, performed various exercises (1650).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OED notes that many writers have wrongly identified the word with [[carousal]].^(OED 1989) The sense “merry-go-round”, chiefly American, is recorded from 1673 in the OED,^(OED 1989) though Etymonline dates the amusement ride to 1895.^(Etymonline) In the 20th century the name passed to revolving devices, especially the conveyor that delivers luggage at airports (1961).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1640–50 – Random House's dating.^(RHWU)

+ * 1650 – a tournament of horsemen.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1673 – a merry-go-round (OED, 1895 in Etymonline).^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1961 – a revolving conveyor, as for luggage at airports.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[merry-go-round]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A circular [[conveyor]] on which objects are displayed or delivered, such as baggage at an [[airport]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(historical)'' A [[tournament]] in which knights or horsemen took part in exercises and races.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[carousal]]

+ * [[merry-go-round]]

+ * [[roundabout]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ It should not be confused with ''[[carousal]]'', a bout of carousing.^(Wiktionary)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}