Category:Tandem

Tan"dem, adv. & a. Etym: [l. tandem at length (of time only), Punningly taken as meaning, lengthwise.]

Defn: one after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and Driven one before another, instead of abreast.

Tandem Tan"dem, n.

Defn: a team of horses harnessed one before the other. "he drove Tandems." Thackeray. Tandem engine, a compound steam engine having Two or more steam cylinders in the same axis, close to one another. -- tandem bicycle or tricycle, one for two persons in which one Rider sits before the other.