tri cuspidated (trikuspidated)

[ Over each door is a lofty tri cuspidated arch. W. Howitt, Visits to Remarkable Places, p. 402. tricycle (tri'si-kl), n. [F. tricycle , τρεῖς (τρι-), three, + κύκλος , circle, wheel.] A three wheeled vehicle. Specifically-(at) A three-wheeled coach. See the quotation. Tricycles. Christmas Day was rendered memorable to the Parisians by the starting of this new species of carriage for public accommodation. The tricycle is a kind of coach, mounted on three wheels; it is drawn by two horses only. It moves very lightly, although there is an appearance of weight about it. One wheel is placed exactly as the leading wheel of the steam coach; it is capable of containing twenty persons, whom it conveys distances of at least three miles for five sous each. Annual Register for 1828 ("Chronicle," p. 185), quoted [in N. and Q., 7th ser., X. 148. (b) A modification of the velocipede or bicycle, having three wheels. The wheels are variously arranged, as two 1. Diamond frame. 2. Tandem. 3. Drop frame, 2 1 3 in at or and being the theater castles are sit either side by side or one before the other. Compare one behind, or reverse. Tricycles bicycle.