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(nautical) To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart..
`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.'
On this occasion we double-banked over on horseback without much difficulty; but very often the Hooker River is quite impassable with horses
Use double-bank when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Double-bank means (nautical) To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
`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.'
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