Drinking Gourd

Proper noun

 * 1)  A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.

Usage notes

 * The star formation mainly went by this name during the early to mid nineteenth century in the Southern United States.