trishaw

Blend of tri- +‎ rickshaw

trishaw (plural trishaws)

1. A three-wheeled cycle rickshaw.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 378:

     Hardman ran to the corner and jumped into a trishaw. The driver was maddeningly slow and stupid.

   • 2008 May 5, The Associated Press, “Cyclone Kills More Than 350 in Myanmar”, in New York Times‎:

     “Where are all those uniformed people who are always ready to beat civilians?” asked a trishaw taxi driver, who said he did not want to be identified because he feared retribution.

• Swihart, Wishart, wartish, wraiths