English

Noun

dandy-horse ‎(plural dandy-horses)

1. (Britain) An early bicycle with no pedals or brakes; a draisienne.
   • 1998 Nov. 29, Eric Epstein, "A Passion for Old Bicycles Spun Into a Museum," New York Times (retrieved 31 May 2014):

     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.

Synonyms

• hobby horse
• draisienne

See also

• dandy horse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia