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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French vélocipède, from Latin veloc-, velox + ped-, pes foot — more at foot Date: 1818 a lightweight wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider: as a. archaic bicycle b. tricycle c. a 3-wheeled railroad handcar

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.