draisine

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

draisine (plural draisines)

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

   Hyponyms: handcar, pump trolley

2. (historical, cycling) Synonym of draisienne
   • 2015, Chris Boardman, The Biography of the Modern Bike: The Ultimate History of Bike Design, Hachette, →ISBN, page 10:

     British users rechristened the baron's invention the hobby horse then the dandy horse, because draisines became very fashionable with Regency gentlemen.

• draisienne

• Siderian, diarsine, nidaries, raisined, rinse aid

Borrowed from German Draisine, after Karl Drais.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdrɛˈzi.nə/, /ˌdrɑi̯ˈzi.nə/
• Hyphenation: drai‧si‧ne
• Rhymes: -inə

draisine f (plural draisines)

1. draisine (light railway vehicle) [from ca. 1860s]
   • 1867 July 13, “Uitzendingen”, in Nederlandsche staats-courant, number 164, page 5:

     […] / 2 bagagewagens met remwerk; / 1 handdienstwagen (draisine); / en magazijngoederen.

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2. (obsolete, historical) dandy horse, draisienne [from early 19th c.]
   • 1821 March 16, J. van der Plaats, “Iets over loopwerktuigen”, in Algemene konst- en letter-bode, number 12, page 185:

     Daar men tot hier in de Nederlanden niet algemeen bekend ſchijnt te zijn en althans weinig gebruik maakt van het verbeterd Loopwerktuig, Draiſine, Velocipede, Dendyhorſe of onder welken naam ook bekend, door den Baron v o n D r a i s uitgedacht en door den Werktuigkundige W e l l e n ſ c h l ä g e r te Frankfort aan de Main,^[sic] aanmerkelijk verbeterd, […]

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• IPA^(key): /dʁɛ.zin/, /dʁe.zin/

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draisine f (plural draisines)

1. draisine

• draisienne

• “draisine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• dinerais, dînerais

draisine f

1. plural of draisina

• desinari, sniderai