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Meaning of draisine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A light auxiliary rail vehicle (train) or tram.
  2. Synonym of draisienne.
    historical

Equivalents

Català dresina
Deutsch Draisine Eisenbahn-Draisine
Esperanto drezino
Español dresina trole
Suomi resiina
Français draisine
Italiano dresina
日本語 軌道自転車
Македонски дресина
Nederlands draisine
Polski drezyna
Português dresina trole
Русский дрези́на
Svenska dressin
Türkçe drezin

Examples

“British users rechristened the baron's invention the hobby horse then the dandy horse, because draisines became very fashionable with Regency gentlemen.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Draize Draize test Drajna drake Drake equation Drake Passage

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