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HOBBY-HORSE [3 records]

Record 1 2010-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
  • Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
DEF

A kind of velocipede, an early form of the bicycle, in which the aider sat on a bar between the two wheels, and propelled himself by pushing the ground with each foot alternately.

OBS

for "Pedestrian Hobby-horse" : A machine denominated the Pedestrian Hobby-horse, invented by a Baron von Drais has been introduced into this country by a tradesman in Long Acre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
  • Motos et motoneiges
DEF

Véhicule à deux roues, mû par l'action alternée de chacun des pieds sur le sol et dont la roue avant est montée sur pivot.

OBS

Sorte de vélocipède primitif (...) inventé par le baron Drais (baron Drais von Sawerbronn) vers 1818.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
Key term(s)
  • get on one's hobby-horse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Toys (General)
DEF

A child’s plaything which consists typically of a stick having an imitation horse’s head at one end and sometimes wheels at the other and which the child straddles and pretends to ride.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
OBS

Ce jouet n'a plus la faveur des enfants.

Spanish

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