Double-bank
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Double-bank is a verb meaning (nautical) To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
Meaning
(nautical) To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
More Meanings
- (nautical) To set two rowers to pulling (a single oar).
- (New Zealand, Australia) To ride (a horse, or bicycle) with two people on saddle
- To double up, to have two people doing something usually done just by one.
- double-banked
Example Sentences
On this occasion we double-banked over on horseback without much difficulty; but very often the Hooker River is quite impassable with horses
`We must double-bank my horse,' whispers Jim, `for a mile or two, till we're clear of the place; we didn't want to bring a lot of horses about.'
Word Forms
- double-banks
- double-banking
- double-banked
- doublebank
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include double-track, double-hand, double-hat, double-dip, quadruplex, bipartition.
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