a light, open-air automobile with three or four wheels
cyclecar in American English
(ˈsaikəlˌkɑːr)
noun
a light automobile, open like a motorcycle but having three or four wheels
Word origin
[1910–15; (motor)cycle + car1]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon cycle, cat and mouse, flashback, functionalism, homeroom