From the name of the Baron Karl Drais, who invented a predecessor to the bicycle.
draisine (plural draisines)
A light auxiliary rail vehicle (train) or tram.
• handcar
• pump trolley
• Siderian, diarsine, nidaries, raisined, rinse aid
Source: Wiktionary
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
