draisine

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noun

A light auxiliary rail vehicle (train) or tram.

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draisienne
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Meanings

noundraisine (plural draisines)

plural draisines

  1. rail transportA light auxiliary rail vehicle (train) or tram.
  2. historicalcyclingSynonym 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of draisienne.

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draisienne

Origin

Named after Baron Karl Drais (1785–1851), who invented a predecessor to the bicycle.

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Translations

Bulgarian дрези́на
  • дрези́на (drezína)light auxiliary rail vehicle
Catalan dresina
  • dresinalight auxiliary rail vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 手搖車 /手摇车, 搖車 /摇车
  • 手搖車 /手摇车 (shǒuyáochē)light auxiliary rail vehicle
  • 搖車 /摇车 (yáochē)light auxiliary rail vehicle
  • 軌道車 /轨道车 (guǐdàochē)light auxiliary rail vehicle
  • 檢道車 /检道车 (jiǎndàochē)light auxiliary rail vehicle
Dutch draisine
  • draisinelight auxiliary rail vehicle
Esperanto drezino
  • drezinolight auxiliary rail vehicle
Finnish resiina
  • resiinalight auxiliary rail vehicle
French draisine
  • draisinelight auxiliary rail vehicle
German Eisenbahn-Draisine, Draisine
  • Eisenbahn-Draisinelight auxiliary rail vehicle
  • Draisinelight auxiliary rail vehicle
Hungarian hajtány, kézihajtány
  • hajtánylight auxiliary rail vehicle
  • kézihajtánylight auxiliary rail vehicle
  • pályakocsilight auxiliary rail vehicle
  • drezinalight auxiliary rail vehicle
Italian dresina
  • dresinalight auxiliary rail vehicle
Japanese 軌道自転車
  • 軌道自転車 (kidō jitensha)light auxiliary rail vehicle
Polish drezyna
  • drezynalight auxiliary rail vehicle
Portuguese trole, dresina
  • trolelight auxiliary rail vehicle
  • dresinalight auxiliary rail vehicle
Russian дрези́на
  • дрези́на (drezína)light auxiliary rail vehicle
Spanish trole, dresina
  • trolelight auxiliary rail vehicle
  • dresinalight auxiliary rail vehicle
Swedish dressin
  • dressinlight auxiliary rail vehicle
Thai รถโยก
  • รถโยก (rót-yôok)light auxiliary rail vehicle
Turkish drezin
  • drezinlight auxiliary rail vehicle
Ukrainian дрези́на
  • дрези́на (drezýna)light auxiliary rail vehicle

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

draisine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draisine

MLA

“draisine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draisine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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