decemtuple

plural decemtuples

1. Alternative letter-case form of Decemtuple.

   [...] even the decemtuple would seem a mere child's trike compared to the 72foot-long, 34-seater built in 1876 by a Danish manufacturer.

   1984, Witherspoon, Bruce D, The great big super giant book of trivia, page 217

   1 more example

   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 [...]

   1897, Unattributed, The Cycle Age and Trade Review, page 634

plural Decemtuples · alternative decemtuple

1. rareA ten-seater tandem bicycle, first built in the late 19th century.

   [...] even the decemtuple would seem a mere child's trike compared to the 72foot-long, 34-seater built in 1876 by a Danish manufacturer.

   1984, Witherspoon, Bruce D, The great big super giant book of trivia, page 217

   2 more examples

   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 [...]

   1897, Unattributed, The Cycle Age and Trade Review, page 634

   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 [...]

   1973, Leek, Stephen, The bicycle--that curious invention, page 74