draisienne

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noun

dandy-horse, hobby horse

OriginFrench draisienne →
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Meanings

noundraisienne (plural draisiennes)

plural draisiennes

  1. historicalcyclingdandy-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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dandy-horsedraisinehobby horse

Origin

  1. Frenchdraisienne
  2. Englishdraisienne

Borrowed from French draisienne. Named after Karl Drais.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “draisienne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draisienne.

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