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draisines

draisines is the plural of draisine.

Meaning of draisine

Noun

draisine (plural draisines)

  1. A light auxiliary rail vehicle (train) or tram.
  2. (historical) Synonym of draisienne.
    • British users rechristened the baron's invention the hobby horse then the dandy horse, because draisines became very fashionable with Regency gentlemen.2015, Chris Boardman, The Biography of the Modern Bike: The Ultimate History of Bike Design, Hachette, →ISBN, page 10
    Synonyms:
    draisienne

Questions about draisines

What is draisines the plural of?
Draisines is the plural of draisine.

Words near draisines in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: draisines (page history and authors); draisine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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