handcycle

English

Etymology

hand +‎ cycle

Noun

handcycle (plural handcycles)

  1. A land vehicle resembling a bicycle or tricycle but powered by the arms rather than the legs.
    • 2007 May 27, The Associated Press, “Marathons Put Military in a Different Light”, in New York Times‎:
      Metzdorf finished the New York City Marathon and an Army Ten-Miler at Fort Bragg using a handcycle.

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