The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dos-a-dos \Dos`-[`a]-dos"\, n. A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dos-a-dos \Dos`-[`a]-dos"\, adv. [F.] Back to back; as, to sit dos-[`a]-dos in a dogcart; to dance dos-[`a]-dos, or so that two dancers move forward and pass back to back. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]