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draisienne

draisienne noun: dandy-horse, hobby horse.

draisienne: dandy-horse, hobby horse
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Noun

draisienne (plural draisiennes)

  1. (historical) dandy-horse, hobby horse
    • I looked to the right, where velocipedes with huge art-nouveau wheels and draisiennes with their flat, scooterlike bars evoked gentlemen in stovepipe hats, knights of progress pedaling through the Bois de Boulogne.1989, William Weaver, transl., Foucault's Pendulum, Random House, translation of Il pendolo di Foucault by Umberto Eco, page 10

Forms of draisienne

pluraldraisiennes

Origin of draisienne

Borrowed from French draisienne. Named after Karl Drais.

Questions about draisienne

What does draisienne mean?
Draisienne means dandy-horse, hobby horse.
What part of speech is draisienne?
Draisienne is a noun.
What is the plural of draisienne?
The plural of draisienne is draisiennes.

Words near draisienne in the dictionary

  1. draintraps
  2. drainwork
  3. drainworks
  4. Draisen
  5. Draisey
  6. draisienne
  7. draisiennes
  8. draisine
  9. draisines
  10. drait
  11. Draize

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