rantoonen.
/ranˈtuːn/, U.S. /rænˈtun/ Now historical and rare.
A type of tricycle used in the 19th cent., propelled both by foot pedals and hand-operated levers.
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1864 Times 11 Feb. 1/2 A new invention, called 'The Rantoone', will soon be introduced to the public.
1866 J. Macgregor Thousand Miles in Rob Roy Canoe (ed. 2) 4 Has he ever swung on a camel..or trundled along in a Rantoone?
1869 ‘Capt. Crawley’ Manly Games for Boys 439 The Rantoone has a small wheel in front, and two larger wheels behind. It is guided by means of the front wheel.
1870 H. Kingsley Boy in Grey 1 A Noah's Ark, in which the elephant..would serve for a rantoone.
1996 Independent (Nexis) 3 Aug. 10 Among the 100 historic machines from the world's first Tricycle Museum..is a unique Victorian ‘Rantoone’ tricycle propelled by all four limbs, the only surviving example of its kind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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