| 单词 | rantoone | 
| 释义 | rantoonen. Now historical and rare.   A type of tricycle used in the 19th cent., propelled both by foot pedals and hand-operated levers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > 			[noun]		 > cycle > tricycle > types of rantoone1864 rear-steerer1882 sociable1882 box-tricycle1894 bakfiets1956 social cycle1961 1864    Times 11 Feb. 1/2  				A new invention, called 'The Rantoone', will soon be introduced to the public. 1866    J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe 		(ed. 2)	 4  				Has he ever swung on a camel..or trundled along in a Rantoone? 1869    ‘Capt. Crawley’ Manly Games for Boys 439  				The Rantoone has a small wheel in front, and two larger wheels behind. It is guided by means of the front wheel. 1870    H. Kingsley Boy in Grey 1  				A Noah's Ark, in which the elephant..would serve for a rantoone. 1996    Independent 		(Nexis)	 3 Aug. 10  				Among the 100 historic machines from the world's first Tricycle Museum..is a unique Victorian ‘Rantoone’ tricycle propelled by all four limbs, the only surviving example of its kind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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