1) Bicycle 2) Bicycle precursor 3) Bike 4) Cycle 5) Cycle type 6) French word used in English 7) Victorian conveyance 8) Wheel
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1) Pedicab 2) Tricycle 3) Trike
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[French] (1817) 1. a lightweight wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider. 2. a bicycle with pedal cranks fixed to the driving wheel; see boneshaker.
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Velocipede (d; Latin for `fast foot`) is a human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels. The most common type of velocipede today is the bicycle. The term was coined by Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce in 1818 to describe his version of the Laufmaschine, which was invented by the German Karl Drais in 1817. The term `velocipede` is today, how...
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swift-footed; swift-footed person; old-fashioned bicycle
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• (n.) A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four w...
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A Celerifere with cranks and pedals. Evolution is undoubtedly more fun to read about than it is to live through.
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version of the bicycle reinvented in the 1860s by the Michaux family of Paris. Its iron and wood construction and lack of springs earned it the ... [1 related articles]
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Ve·loc'i·pede noun [ Latin
velox ,
- ocis , swift +
pes ,
pedis , a foot. See
Velocity , and
Foot .] A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by th...
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Velocipede was an early term for any kind of carriage driven by the feet, and the term encompassed bicycles and tricycles and the dandy-horse. The term velocipede was first used in France around the end of the 18th century.
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n] - any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel
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velocipede Any of various early forms of bicycle or tricycle, including some that had pedals attached to the front wheel or were propelled by pushing the feet along the ground; later it applied to a form of railroad vehicle propelled by pedals and even to a railroad handcar (from Latin veloc-, 'swift' plus the stem ped-, 'foot').
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