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draisine|dɪeɪˈziːn|
Also draisene, erron. draisnene.
[a. F. draisine, draisienne, Ger. draisine, f. name of the inventor, Baron Drais of Saverbrun near Mannheim.]
The earliest form of bicycle; = dandy-horse.
1818L'pool Mercury 24 Apr., Experiments with Draisiennes (a species of carriage moved by machinery without horses). 1879Lit. World (U.S.) 30 Aug. 275/3 One of its [the velocipede's] rudimentary forms was ‘the draisine’, a cumbersome machine invented by Baron Von Drais, of Mannheim on the Rhine..The improved draisine soon reached America. 1884Longm. Mag. Mar. 485 The dandy-horse, hobby or draisnene, was a two-wheeled vehicle. |