VELOCIPEDE
\vəlˈɒsɪpˌiːd], \vəlˈɒsɪpˌiːd], \v_ə_l_ˈɒ_s_ɪ_p_ˌiː_d]\
Definitions of VELOCIPEDE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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 wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
By Oddity Software
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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 wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
By Noah Webster.
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A light, two- or three-wheeled vehicle moved by the rider's feet; the form from which the bicycle and tricyle have devedlolped.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A sort of hand-carriage with two wheels, one before the other, connected by a beam, on which the person sits astride, and propels the vehicle by a treadle on the axis of the main wheel; any swift car or boat.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A light carriage, consisting of a beam, on which the rider sits, and having a wheel, or wheels, at each end, propelled by the rider by means of a treadle; also called a bicycle, a two-wheeled velocipede, and a tricycle, a three-wheeled velocipede.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
