Steed

Quick meaning: Steed is a noun meaning (cycling, slang, humorous) A bicycle or other vehicle.

Meaning

(cycling, slang, humorous) A bicycle or other vehicle.

More Meanings

1. (archaic, poetic) A stallion, especially one used for riding.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• steeds

Synonyms for steed

Depending on context, synonyms include mount.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include horse, horsey, cheval, horseback, ride, racehorse.

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