Meaning

(sailing) Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people..

Definitions by Sense

1. (sailing) Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people.
2. Alternative form of double-handed.
3. With two hands.
4. simple past and past participle of doublehand

Example Sentences

This section uses a survey of thirteen couples to look at typical shorthanded solutions to watchkeeping and then discusses some standard watch schedules for doublehanded crews.

When a double-handed person turned, the ropes would hit against each other, spiraling in lopsided arcs.

Of the ancient doublehanded espadons of the Switzer, I have, in this way, received, I think, not less than six, in excellent preservation, from as many different individuals, who thus testified their general approbation of these pages.

It is this doublehanded judgement that Personal Services seeks to expose.

It is with this ambiguity in mind that one can begin a serious deconstructive, or doublehanded, reading of Levinas's work.

For maximum destructive effect, the user crashed his falx down on to the target doublehanded, then drew the blade back toward himself in a sawing motion.

The boat, Rain Drop, was being doublehanded by a couple of past Cal 20 sailors.

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When Should You Use Double handed?

Use double handed when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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