Definition of "zoetrope" []

• An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Then I took a small wheel, about the size of an oyster-barrel -- the monks had dozens of them -- and pasted the photographs inside in successive order, like what is called a zoetrope, or wheel of life."
• "The zoetrope was the centerpiece of the show, sitting in the middle of a white cyc with its projection against the opposite wall."
• "Magic is a running thread throughout, from storytellers in travelling canoes and a door that leads to strange adventures, to a Snow Man and a massive zoetrope and the Ladies Of The Light, dancing high up in the trees."