tricyclen.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > types of public coach in France
patache1801
tricycle1828
1828 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 185/1 Tricycles.—Christmas-day was rendered memorable to the Parisians by the starting of this new species of carriage... The tricycle is a kind of coach, mounted on three wheels; it is drawn by two horses only.
2.
a. A velocipede with three wheels (now usually one in front and one on each side behind), driven by treadles actuated by the feet, or ( motor tricycle) by a small motor attached.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > tricycle
tricycle1868
trike1883
1868 London Society Nov. 411 The tricycle, or three-wheeled Velocipede, is easier to guide and safer to use than the bicycle.
1881 Philad. Record No. 3459. 2 M. Trouve riding at ease through the streets of Paris upon a tricycle driven by stored-up electricity.
1896 Beaumont in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 10 Jan. 152 The motor tricycle shown by Fig. 34 is an oil motor cycle made in 1883.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 325 As far back as 1883 or 1884 the whole of Europe had been covered by women on tricycles.
b. A three-wheeled motorized invalid carriage.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > three-wheeled car > for invalids
tricycle1974
1974 Guardian 26 Mar. 32/4 Disabled drivers' tricycles should be replaced with modified production cars.
1976 Times 24 July 1/7 Invalid tricycles are to be phased out... The existing 21,265 tricycle drivers will be able to keep their vehicles until they wear out.
c. An aeroplane with a three-wheeled undercarriage.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with specific type of undercarriage
ski-plane1930
tricycle1942
tail-dragger1971
1942 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) 2 95 The pilot..strikes the sea at the normal three-point landing attitude (slow landing attitude for tricycles).
Compounds
C1. attributive and in other combinations.
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1885 Graphic 21 Feb. 186/1 An Englishman..tricycle-riding the country.
1896 Daily News 28 May 3/2 Infantry bring up a tricycle Maxim gun.
C2.
tricycle undercarriage n. Aeronautics a three-wheeled undercarriage.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > landing gear
alighting gear1908
landing gear1911
undercarriage1911
gear1931
undercart1934
tricycle undercarriage1937
main gear1958
1937 Flight 18 Nov. 483/1 (heading) Simplified control system for all-metal pusher with tricycle undercarriage.
1966 D. Francis Flying Finish x. 129 The bump from the tricycle undercarriage as we touched down.
1976 Official Programme Farnborough Internat. Exhib. 28 The aircraft has a fixed tricycle undercarriage.
tricycle landing-gear n.
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1938 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Sept. 13/5 The ‘tri-safety’ tricycle landing gear, with a nose wheel under the pilot's cockpit.
1960 Economist 31 Dec. 1382/2 Development of the tricycle landing gear has been the greatest single factor in making a flier out of a businessman.
Derivatives
ˈtricycle v. (intransitive) to ride a tricycle.
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society > travel > transport > cycling > cycle [verb (intransitive)] > ride tricycle
tricycle1883
trike1885
1883 Sat. Rev. 28 July 107/2 The modern heroine..rides, boats, tricycles, and plays lawn-tennis.
1902 19th Cent. Nov. 764 I was tricycling homeward one evening.
ˈtricycler n. one who rides a tricycle.
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society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > cyclist > on tricycle
tricyclist1878
tricycler1881
trike1883
triker1901
1881 Daily News 18 July 5/5 Some member of Parliament should take the matter up, so as to relieve the steam tricyclers from the restriction.
1888 J. Pennell & E. R. Pennell Sent. Journey 180 A meeting of tricyclers was not an every-day occurrence in their town.
ˈtricycling n. and adj.
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society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > riding a tricycle
tricycling1882
triking1890
1882 Richardson in Good Words 177 Mr. Browning called my attention to tricycling as a healthful recreation.
1882 Standard 15 May 2/8 Tricycling divisions of bicycle clubs.
ˈtricyclist n. one who rides a tricycle.
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society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > cyclist > on tricycle
tricyclist1878
tricycler1881
trike1883
triker1901
1878 Prospectus Bicycle Touring Club Any amateur Bicyclist or Tricyclist—lady or gentleman—is eligible for election to the Bicycle Touring Club.
1887 Times 9 Apr. 5/5 The tricyclists were formed into the main column.
triˈcycular adj. [irregularly after vehicular ; compare bicycular adj.] pertaining to tricycles.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [adjective] > of or relating to cycles > relating to tricycles
tricycular1870
1870 Belgravia Feb. 444 The latest contrivance in that way comes more under the tricycular head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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