velocipede
IPA: vʌɫˈɑsɪpid
noun
- (historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
- (archaic) Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.
- (archaic) A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle.
- (humorous) A bicycle.
verb
- to ride on velocipede
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Examples of "velocipede" in Sentences
- A velocipede was his grandfather's offering and was received with shouts of delight.
- Propped against the sleek spokes of a velocipede was a shiny sled of just the sort he had always wanted as a boy.
- Personally, I think a velocipede is about Cecil's form, and it's absolute insult to a pony like Bobs to ask him to carry him!
- A craze for three years, the gizmo was also known as a velocipede a bicycle before the bicycle; with no pedals you “walked” it along.
- In a way, even Well's Time Machine works like this: little enough time is actually spent on trying to explain how the temporal velocipede works, more on exploring the future of the world.
- Although the origins of the bicycle are difficult to pin down, one early incarnation known as a velocipede was patented in this country on June 26, 1819, according to the Smithsonian Institute.
- The amusing engraving of this velocipede, which is mentioned under the name of the _aquatic tripod_, puts us in mind of another document of the same kind that we have seen in the gallery of prints of the National
- Obviously, the conversation didn't end there but eventually, despite threats of unchecking it and rechecking it again as a "metal sculpture," "velocipede," or "personal mobility device", I pulled out my credit card, paid the fee, and started making some phone calls.
- -- William Volk, Buffalo, N.Y. -- This invention relates to a new three-wheeled velocipede, which is so arranged that the driving wheels, although mounted on separate axles, will make equal numbers of revolutions, as long as the machine is to be kept in a straight direction, while they can be disconnected when the device is to be turned in a circle.
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