Tandem
['tændəm]
Definition
(noun.) an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another.
(adv.) one behind the other; 'ride tandem on a bicycle built for two'; 'riding horses down the path in tandem'.
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Definition
(adv. & a.) One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast.
(n.) A team of horses harnessed one before the other.
Editor: Whitney
Definition
adv. applied to the position of horses harnessed singly one before the other instead of abreast.—n. a team of horses (usually two) so harnessed: a bicycle or tricycle on which two ride one before the other.
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Examples
- Chief among the bicycle manufacturers who took up the making of the motor-paced tandem was Oscar Hedstrom, a racer with many notable victories to his credit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Once more adieu; vale tandem, non immemor mei. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Along in the late nineties a keen interest in bicycle racing led to the introduction of what is known as the motor-paced tandem. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mr. Hedstrom’s partner on this tandem outfit was Henshaw, a bicycle racer of some repute. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tandem rider on the forward seat did the steering and the foot pedaling, and the rear rider operated the motor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Following their début on the motor tandem at Buffalo, this pair proceeded to make records throughout the country, several of which still stand today. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This consisted of a regulation tandem bicycle on which was mounted a gasoline motor geared up to the rear wheel with a chain drive. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He believed that he could make a motor tandem which would prove far superior to any other American machine made, if not better even than any foreign machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It appeared at the Madison Square Garden in two forms, as a single motorcycle and as a motor tandem. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is believed that the first of these tandems came over here from France. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The DeDion motor was used in some of the racing motor tandems which appeared in this country in the late nineties. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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