Definition of "steed"

The studded bridle on a ragged boughNimbly she fastens: -- O, how quick is love! --The steed is stalled up, and even nowTo 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 spelling has been modernized.

1593, 1896

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.

1887 July 26, Thomas Stevens, “Bicycle chat for boys”, in Harper's Young People, volume VIII, number 404, page 614