English Dictionary

dandy-horse

名詞

イギリス英語

(UK) An early bicycle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne.

日本語の意味

初期のペダルやブレーキがない自転車（ドラシエンヌ、すなわち前乗り自転車の一形態）

He restored a rare dandy-horse that he found in his grandfather's barn and rode it carefully along the village lane.

彼は祖父の納屋で見つけた、ペダルとブレーキのない希少な初期の自転車を修復し、村の小道を慎重に乗って走った。

意味（1）

(UK) An early bicycle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne.

In 1817 and in 1818, France and Germany both claimed they had come up with the first mechanism for a bike. It was a piece of wood with a wheel at one end and a wheel at the other, and you walked it along. In England, they called it a dandy horse.

dandy-horses （ plural ）