- penny farthing [bicycle]
- noun(Brit. coll) Hochrad, das* * *noun(Brit. coll) Hochrad, das
English-german dictionary. 2013.
penny farthing [bicycle]
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penny-farthing — An early bicycle which had a large front wheel (which was both the driving wheel and the steering wheel) and a smaller rear wheel. Its name comes from two British coins the large penny and the small farthing … Dictionary of automotive terms
penny-farthing — noun An early bicycle having a large front wheel and much smaller rear one Syn: ordinary … Wiktionary
penny farthing — noun A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one … Wiktionary
