tandem hitch

Esp. North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a method of harnessing sled-dogs in single file, used in country where there are obstructions, as in the bush.

Quotations

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"