velocipede
n 1: any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front
wheel
2: a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
[syn: tricycle, trike, velocipede]
velocipede
1819, "wheeled vehicle propelled by the feet on the ground," from
Fr. v?locip?de, from L. velox (gen. velocis) "swift" + pedem, acc. of pes
"foot." Applied to an early kind of bicycle or tricycle in 1849.
velocipede nounEtymology: French vélocipède, from Latin veloc-, velox
+ ped-, pes foot — more at footDate: 1818
a lightweight wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider: as a.archaicbicycleb.tricyclec. a 3-wheeled
railroad handcar
velocipede n. 1 hist. an early form of bicycle propelled by pressure from the rider's feet on the ground. 2 US a child's tricycle. Derivatives: velocipedist
n. Etymology: F vélocipède f. L velox -ocis swift + pes pedis foot
velocipede
vɪˈlɔsɪpi:d n. 1 hist. an early form of bicycle propelled
by pressure from the rider's feet on the ground. 2 US a child's
tricycle. øøvelocipedist n. [F v÷locipëde f. L velox -ocis swift +
pes pedis foot]
Velocipede \Ve*loc"i*pede\, n. [L. 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 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.
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