1. velocipede - Noun
2. velocipede - Verb
A light road carriage propelled by the feet of the rider. Originally it was propelled by striking the tips of the toes on the roadway, but commonly now by the action of the feet on a pedal or pedals connected with the axle of one or more of the wheels, and causing their revolution. They are made in many forms, with two, three, or four wheels. See Bicycle, and Tricycle.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDate unknown * Pierre Michaux invents the front wheel-driven velocipede, the first mass-produced bicycle. Source: Internet
Several inventions followed using rear-wheel drive, the best known being the rod-driven velocipede by Scotsman Thomas McCall in 1869. Source: Internet