velocipede


velocipede

noun, archaic

Definition of VELOCIPEDE

a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars <a museum with an interesting collection of 19th-century velocipedes>
Synonyms bike, cycle, push-bike (also push bicycle) [British], two-wheeler, velocipede [archaic]

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