velocipede

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
any wheeled vehicle powered by pedaling and steered with a handlebar, including but not limited to bicycles and tricycles.
Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.
A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle.
A bicycle.

verb

/vɪˈlɒs.ɪ.piːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-velocipede.wav /vəˈlɑsəˌpid/

velocipede velocipedes velocipeding velocipeded

Borrowed from French vélocipède, from Latin velox (“swift”) + pes (“foot”).

boneshaker

celeripede velocity velodrome penny farthing ordinary

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