double-bank

[ duhb-uhl-bangk ]

verb (used with object)

, Nautical.

1. to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).
2. to have people pull (a rope) from both sides.
3. to row (a boat) with rowers for both sides on each thwart.

double-bank

verb

1. informal.
   to carry a second person on (a horse, bicycle, etc) Alsodub

Word History and Origins

Origin of double-bank¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Slammed back and forth at express-train speed, with nothing but those roaring open-faced waves buffeting against the cliffs, was somewhat suggestive of the sensation you get from a quick double-bank in a big biplane.

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See here; you men cannot double-bank me.

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I will corrupt the organist, bribe the choir, double-bank the preacher in advance, and we will all have a rousing time.

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Did our spirits quail at a new four-rail, Could a "double" double-bank us, Ere nerve and sinew began to fail In the consulship of Plancus?

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Even Henry Eckford, so well known for having undertaken to cut the trees and put upon the waters of Ontario two double-bank frigates, if frigates they could be termed, each of which was to mount its hundred guns, in the short space of sixty days, scarce manifested greater energy in carrying out his contract, than did these rustic islanders in preparing their craft to compete with that which they were now certain was about to sail from the place where their kinsman had breathed his last.

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