handcycle
verbEtymology From hand + cycle.
1
Ambitransitive To travel or traverse on a handcycle.
handcycle
nounEtymology From hand + cycle.
1
A land vehicle resembling a bicycle or tricycle but powered by the arms rather than the legs.
- Metzdorf finished the New York City Marathon and an Army Ten-Miler at Fort Bragg using a handcycle.2007 May 27, The Associated Press, “Marathons Put Military in a Different Light”, in New York Times:
2
A mechanical exercise equipment similar to an exercise bicycle but with hand-operated pedals, used especially by seniors or people with disabilities for upper-body exercise.
- Synonyms
- handbike
- Derived terms
- handcycling, handcyclist