steed

nouncommon in dialogue

//stiːd//

A bicycle or other vehicle.

noun

1
archaicA stallion, especially one used for riding.
The studded bridle on a ragged bough Nimbly she fastens: -- O, how quick is love! -- The steed is stalled up, and even now To tie the rider she begins to prove: Backward she push'd him, as she would be thrust, And govern'd him in strength, though not in lust.
The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws.
2
slangA bicycle or other vehicle.
In the green lanes of Merrie England the bicycle rider in his natty uniform, speeding along on his silent steed, is met with almost as often as vehicles drawn by horses, and it is safe to say that in the various countries of the world not less than half a million bicycles and tricycles are now in use.
I may not scorch on thee again—thou'rt pinched, my silent steed!
She was to creep out quietly […] and meet me at our usual trysting place—a spot a few hundred yards from our respective abodes. I would be there with my iron steed, and on the pillion thereof would whirl her into fairyland.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).

Forms

plural: steeds

steam · The hot gaseous form of water, formed when water changes from…steamed · Heated and processed by steam, such as being cooked by…steaming · The action of steam on something.

steed · A bicycle or other vehicle.

Steed · A surname.steel · An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more…Steel · A surname.

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