velocipede
Example Sentences
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He sped around town on an early bicycle called a velocipede.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Bike-adjacent inventions that roll atop train tracks have been known by many different names — handcar, draisine, kalamazoo and velocipede are just a few — since they first cropped up around the 1860s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
And between two wooden luggage carts from the late 1800s sits a railway velocipede, a three-wheeled handcar that was operated by pedals.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2020
Courtesy of the enormous front wheel, it was a racing machine - twice as fast as a velocipede.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2019
“I did not ask to buy your velocipede; I asked to borrow it,” she replied sternly.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
