double-bank

present singular third person double-banks · participle present double-banking · participle past double-banked · past double-banked · alternative doublebank · alternative double bank

1. nauticalTo row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
2. nauticalTo set two rowers to pulling (a single oar).
3. AustraliaNew ZealandTo ride (a horse, or bicycle) with two people on saddle

   On this occasion we double-banked over on horseback without much difficulty; but very often the Hooker River is quite impassable with horses

   1891, George Edward Mannering, With axe and rope in the New Zealand Alps

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   `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.'

   1888, Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms

4. To double up, to have two people doing something usually done just by one.

alternative doublebank · alternative double bank

1. not comparabledouble-banked