Road"ster (?), n.

1. Naut.

A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.

Ham. Nav. Encyc.

2.

A horse that is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary roads.

A sound, swift, well-fed hunter and roadster. Thackeray.

3.

A bicycle or tricycle adapted for common roads rather than for the racing track.

4.

One who drives much; a coach driver.

[Eng.]

5.

A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.

[Eng. Slang.]

 

© Webster 1913.