PENNYFARTHING

Penny-farthing

Penny-farthing, high wheel, high wheeler, and ordinary are all terms used to describe a type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel that was popular after the boneshaker, until the development of the safety bicycle, in the 1880s. They were the first machines to be called "bicycles".

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penny farthing

Noun

  1. A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.


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