Decemtuple

English Alternative forms decemtuple Etymology The prefix decem- means ten in Latin. Noun en rare A ten-seater tandem bicycle, first built in the late 19th century. en 1897 Unattributed The Cycle Age and Trade Review https://archive.org/details/cycleage202518971898nati/page/634/mode/2up?q=%22Decemtuple%22 634 At the Greater New York Cycle Show, now being held in the Tinkham Building, 306-310 west Fifty-ninth street. New York, the exhibits include multicycles of all the principal makes, including tandems, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets. septuplets, so on up to the famous decemtuple or ten-seater [...] en 1973 Leek, Stephen The bicycle--that curious invention https://archive.org/details/bicyclethatcurio0000leek/page/74/mode/2up?q=%22trial+run+of+fifty%22 74 They produced the Decemtuple, which created a sensation when it was sent on tour to Europe. Under favorable conditions, it could achieve one mile a minute. [...] On one occasion, ten intrepid ladies rod the Decemtuple in a trial run [...] en 1984 Witherspoon, Bruce D The great big super giant book of trivia https://archive.org/details/greatbigsupergia0000with/mode/2up?q=%22Decemtuple%22 217 [...] even the decemtuple would seem a mere child's trike compared to the 72foot-long, 34-seater built in 1876 by a Danish manufacturer. References 1898. Alex Schwalbach and Julius Wilcox. The Modern Bicycle and Its Accessories. en Cycling