Team

Brewery team with six horses (traditional Henninger-Bräu-Wagen in Frankfurt 2007)

Truck ( THW vehicles in Hamburg 2006)

A team (from the Old High German spanish, "pulling fasten") generally describes a combination of a non-self-propelled land vehicle and a pre-tensioned traction element ( draft animal or towing vehicle ).

Originally the word team designates a group in front of a land vehicle (a wagon , sledge or the like) of harnessed draft animals (see harnessing , equipage , driving ) or a wagon (or sledge etc.) with harnessed draft animals. The team of several draft animals can be formed either one behind the other or next to one another. In agriculture and transport , two draft animals running next to each other form a team, in German-speaking countries mostly horses ("horse and cart"), and in the past also cows and oxen .

In modern vehicles , the original meaning of harnessing draft animals and a (attached) load was transferred to land vehicles (ancient motor train ). Here `` Gespann '' (in Austria technically: `` Kraftwagenzug '' ) refers to the combination of several vehicles, at least one of which is a towing vehicle , examples:

Truck ( lorry with trailer )
Tractor unit ( tractor unit with semi-trailer )
Bus team, team of solo buses and bus trailers
Pathway , team of towing vehicle and several attached passenger cars
Caravan team
Motorbike team , a motorcycle with a sidecar attached to the side
Motorcycle combination, motorcycle with a trailer
Bicycle carriage with a trailer, in execution as a sidecar and Swivel called
A tractor with a wagon, sledge, etc.

Alternatively, a team is also called a train , especially when several vehicles are coupled one behind the other, see truck and bus train . The term is more common in the railway sector, see also train (rail transport) .

Individual evidence

↑ Duden editorial team: Team. In: Duden online . January 2013, accessed on January 25, 2014 : “Gespann, das […] meanings: 1. a. Group of people in front of a car or similar cocked draft animals; b. To: car with a team [...] origins stretch [...] plural: the teams [...] For example, a span of horses " . Ibid: tension: “Meanings: […] 3. the belts of a draft animal on a wagon or similar. to fasten [...] Origin: Middle High German span , Old High German spanan = (to) stretch; to fasten with pulling, in early New High German coincided with the cause word in Middle High German spennen = (to) tighten, originally = to pull, to expand; see. Spook".

↑ So z. B. Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior ... concerning the issuing of security regulations for the operation of motor vehicles (automobiles, motorized trains and motorcycles). RGBl. No. 81/1910 (entry ris.bka).

[Duden-Gespann-1] Duden editorial team: Team. In: Duden online . January 2013, accessed on January 25, 2014 : “Gespann, das […] meanings: 1. a. Group of people in front of a car or similar cocked draft animals; b. To: car with a team [...] origins stretch [...] plural: the teams [...] For example, a span of horses " . Ibid: tension: “Meanings: […] 3. the belts of a draft animal on a wagon or similar. to fasten [...] Origin: Middle High German span , Old High German spanan = (to) stretch; to fasten with pulling, in early New High German coincided with the cause word in Middle High German spennen = (to) tighten, originally = to pull, to expand; see. Spook".

[RGBl._81/1910-2] So z. B. Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior ... concerning the issuing of security regulations for the operation of motor vehicles (automobiles, motorized trains and motorcycles). RGBl. No. 81/1910 (entry ris.bka).