draisienne en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from French draisienne. Named after Karl Drais.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| draisiennes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |