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Webster 1913 Edition
Double-bank
Dou′ble-bank′
,Verb.
T.
(Naut.)
To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
To double-bank an oar
, to set two men to pulling one oar.
Definition 2024
double-bank
double-bank
English
Verb
double-bank (third-person singular simple present double-banks, present participle double-banking, simple past and past participle double-banked)
- (nautical) To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
- (nautical) To set two rowers to pulling (a single oar).