Sekirov Dictionary

velocipede

/vəˈlɑsəˌpid/

noun 5
verb 1
forms 3

noun5

any wheeled vehicle powered by pedaling and steered with a handlebar, including but not limited to bicycles and tricycles.
(historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.
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(humorous) A bicycle.
- I sense a portent inflating / an unlikely fellowship forming / and yet as swiftly as communion effloresced, / they leave, / pedalling into the distance / on their restored velocipede. — 2022
(no longer used) Any three- or four-wheeled machine driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle.
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(no longer used) A late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle.
- Polly laughed as she ran to view the ruin, for Tom lay flat on his back with the velocipede atop of him — 1870

verb1

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to ride on velocipede
- Polly and Maud willingly went, and watched his struggles with deep interest, till he got an upset, which nearly put an end to his velocipeding forever. — 1870

forms

velocipeded · velocipeding · velocipedes

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