Definition of Draisine

1. Noun. A light auxiliary rail vehicle (train) or tram. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Draisine

1. an old bicycle [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draisine

drainmakers
draino
drainpipe
drainpipes
drainplug
drainplugs
drains
draintile
draintiles
draintrap
draintraps
drainwork
drainworks
draisene
draisenes
draisine (current term)
draisines
drait
drake
drakes
dralon
dram
drama
drama critic
drama documentary
drama queen
drama queens
dramadies
dramady
dramaless

Literary usage of Draisine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Greatest Short Stories (1915)
"The track-master who rode with him on the draisine replied: "Vasili ... The workmen leaned upon the handles and the draisine flew farther. ..."

2. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"This machine, which was named "draisine," after the inventor, and was exhibited and patented in Franco shortly afterward, is claimed to have been the ..."

3. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"The draisine was a signal improvement, and appears to have been the first of all self-propelled machines on two wheels. Its invention is attributed to Baron ..."

4. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"In it Bettina makes a passing allusion to Herr von Drais and his experiments with a draisine, " a kind of seat with wheels, which Herr von Drais moves along ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"1855, one M. Michaux, a carriage-repairer in Paris, brought out a machine not unlike the draisine, but having cranks and pedals fitted to the front wheels. ..."

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