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draisiennes

draisiennes is the plural of draisienne.

Meaning of draisienne

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

Questions about draisiennes

What is draisiennes the plural of?
Draisiennes is the plural of draisienne.

Words near draisiennes in the dictionary

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

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