单词 | monotroch |
释义 | † monotrochn. Obsolete. A conveyance or other piece of machinery having or consisting of only one wheel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > with specific number of wheels monotroch1807 four-wheeler1846 1807 Sporting Mag. 29 66 A most curious sort of gig called a Monotroche from its having only one wheel was exhibited in Bond Street, the 24th inst. 1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan I. 22 Ixion..instead of being fixed to a torturing wheel, was to have been fixed to a vagrant monotroche, as knife-grinder. 1828 W. Scott Aunt Margaret's Mirror ad init. These monotrochs [sc. wheelbarrows]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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