Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bicycle designed to carry more than two riders.
- noun A velocipede or “cycle” with more than three wheels; specifically, a form of velocipede first introduced to public notice in 1887, by a series of experiments at Aldershot in England, to test its value as a vehicle for infantry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
bicycle designed to carry more than tworiders . - noun A
velocipede with more than threewheels ; specifically, one developed in the 19th century with seven pairs of wheels, capable of carrying five to twelve men butsteered by only one. - adjective Of or pertaining to more than one
cycle .
Etymologies
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multi- + cycle
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Examples
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In the late afternoon some Company shepherds went down the river valley riding on a big multicycle; but they hid from them, because their presence,
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Corporate cash balances are at a multicycle high, but dividend payouts are at historical lows, she points out.
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