velocipede in English

noun
1
an early form of bicycle propelled by working pedals on cranks fitted to the front axle.
Fitzpatrick refers to reports of early ‘ velocipedes ’ being used for this purpose in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, when the bicycle industry was barely out of its infancy.
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1. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a Explanation of Bicycled