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tandem hitch Esp. North

• a method of harnessing sled-dogs in single file, used in country where there are obstructions, as in the bush. [See picture at tandem hitch.]

  See also: fan hitch  Nome hitch  single-line hitching  trapper hitch  

  • 1928  A freight team was harnessed single file in what is now called the "tandem hitch". . . .
  • 1936  This arrangement is known as "the fan" in contradistinction to the method of single file hitch used in the forest and referred to as "the tandem"