handcycle means A land vehicle resembling a bicycle or tricycle but powered by the arms rather than the legs. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Etymology
From hand + cycle.
noun
- 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.”
- 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.
verb
- To travel or traverse on a handcycle.