double bank (dublbank)

t. To work or pull by means of men working in pairs, as an oar or a rope - that is, with two men at one oar, or with men on both sides of the rope. double-banked, double-benched (dub'lbangkt, -bencht), a. 1. Naut., having two opposite oars pulled by rowers on the same thwart, or having two men to the same oar: said of a boat.-2. Having two tiers of oars and of rowers, one over the other, as ships were worked in antiquity. - Double-banked frigate. See frigate. double-banker (dub'l-bang'ker), n. Same as double-banked frigate (which see, under frig ate). Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 26. double-barreled (dub'l-bar"eld), a. 1. Hav IMG:content-3079.png:[blocks in formation] ing two barrels, as a gun.-2. Figuratively, serving to effect a double purpose or to produce a double result. This was a double -barrelled compliment. It implied that Mrs. Weller was a most agreeable female, and also that Mr. Stiggins had a clerical appearance. Dickens , Pickwick, xxvii. double-ba (dub'l-bās'), n. A musical instrument, the largest and deepest of the viol family, having 3 or 4 strings, with a compa of over 3 octaves from the third E below middle C. It was invented in the sixteenth century, and introduced into the orchestra about 1700; and it is now one of the most useful of orchestral instruments. The strings are usually tuned a fourth apart.