high-wheeler
high-wheeler · high-wheelers
пенни-фартинг
Hochrad
An early car body style in the United States, derived from horse-drawn wagons, and…An early car body style in the United States, derived from horse-drawn wagons, and typified by large-diameter slender wheels, frequently with solid rubber tires, to provide ample ground clearance on bumpy roads.
Meaning
2 sensesAn early car body style in the United States, derived from horse-drawn wagons, and typified by large-diameter slender wheels, frequently with solid rubber tires, to provide ample ground clearance on bumpy roads.
Synonym of penny farthing (“old type of bicycle”).
Origin
From high wheel + -er.From high wheel + -er.
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Forms
plural: high-wheelers| Singular | high-wheeler |
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| Plural | high-wheelers |
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