double-banked

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Verb

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double-banked

  1. simple past and past participle of double-bank

Adjective

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double-banked (not comparable)

  1. Having two rowers at each oar, or two tiers of oars one above the other, as in ancient galleys.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
      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.