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double-banked en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having two rowers at each oar, or two tiers of oars one above the other, as in ancient galleys.
   • It is often the case that when a boat is stove, its crew, being picked up by another boat, help to work that second boat; and the chase is thus continued with what is called double-banked oars. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

double-banked en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of double-bank
   form of double-bank