double-bankv.

Etymology: Back-formation < double-banked adj.

1. transitive.

a. Nautical. To provide with two rowers on one bench for each pair of opposite oars, or with two rowers for each oar.

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1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xii. 169 They double-banked their oars.

b. transferred. To work or pull with two sets of men, horses, etc. (e.g. a rope with men on both sides, a dray with a double team of horses); also absol. Also, to double; to repeat (something); spec. to drive (motor vehicles) in two lines abreast; to park (a motor vehicle) alongside another stationary vehicle (cf. double-park v.).

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1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 147 They started next day..and, by good luck..met with some chaps on the road with fresh cattle, and so double banked all the way up.

1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo xxvi. 255 She..stuck it when the watches [over the cattle] were double-banked for two or three nights afterwards.

1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage viii. 104 This often happens when two or more first nights synchronize, and the newspaper's regular critic has to be double- or treble-banked from other members of the staff.

1936 A. Thirkell August Folly i. 14 Owing to the great depth of the shelves the books were double banked.

2. intransitive. To ride two on a horse, bicycle, etc. Also transitive, to ride (a horse, bicycle, etc.) thus. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand.

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1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. xix. 267 ‘We must double-bank my horse..for a mile or two.’.. He jumped up, and I mounted behind him.

1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lx. 319 The man made camel less could double-bank another, riding two-up, in emergency.

1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country (1966) vi. 67 Bert and Tim..double-banked on the horse, and returned to the high ground near the river.

1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Jan. 20/4 His sister..somehow got him on to a horse..and double-banking to hold him on, she took him to Dr. Pirie's surgery at Liverpool.

1940 B. O'Reilly Green Mountains (1941) 67 Rose and I ‘double-banked’ on a fat round pony.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 72 It was possibly through the agency of the horse that Australia acquired..double-bank..employed mainly today when a cyclist gives another person a ride on the bar of his bicycle.

Derivatives

double-banking n.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > parking

double-banking1903

car parking1915

parking1916

double-parking1931

overparking1938

parallel parking1962

1903 R. J. Clow Pillar of Salt vii. 87 ‘I will not call twice at the same place during the year.’.. ‘“Double banking” is a poor game,’ continued the husky man.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 60 Double banking, the practice, severely discouraged, of having two parallel lines of traffic going in the same direction.

1954 Highway Code 11 Do not let your vehicle stand in the carriageway..alongside a standing vehicle, thus causing ‘double-banking’.

1958 Times 1 May 4/2 Meters were less ugly than double and triple banking of cars all over the place indiscriminately.

1961 Guardian 10 Oct. 18/2 Mr. Macmillan has extended his double-banking of Ministers.

1963 J. Vaizey Educ. in Class Society iii. 10 In order to accommodate the children coming out of the sixth forms, we shall have to adopt expedients like double-banking.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	double-bank
释义	double-bankv. Etymology: Back-formation < double-banked adj. 1. transitive. a. Nautical. To provide with two rowers on one bench for each pair of opposite oars, or with two rowers for each oar. ΚΠ 1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster I. xii. 169 They double-banked their oars. b. transferred. To work or pull with two sets of men, horses, etc. (e.g. a rope with men on both sides, a dray with a double team of horses); also absol. Also, to double; to repeat (something); spec. to drive (motor vehicles) in two lines abreast; to park (a motor vehicle) alongside another stationary vehicle (cf. double-park v.). ΚΠ 1859 K. Cornwallis Panorama New World I. 147 They started next day..and, by good luck..met with some chaps on the road with fresh cattle, and so double banked all the way up. 1929 K. S. Prichard Coonardoo xxvi. 255 She..stuck it when the watches [over the cattle] were double-banked for two or three nights afterwards. 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage viii. 104 This often happens when two or more first nights synchronize, and the newspaper's regular critic has to be double- or treble-banked from other members of the staff. 1936 A. Thirkell August Folly i. 14 Owing to the great depth of the shelves the books were double banked. 2. intransitive. To ride two on a horse, bicycle, etc. Also transitive, to ride (a horse, bicycle, etc.) thus. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. ΚΠ 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. xix. 267 ‘We must double-bank my horse..for a mile or two.’.. He jumped up, and I mounted behind him. 1926 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (subscribers' ed.) lx. 319 The man made camel less could double-bank another, riding two-up, in emergency. 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country (1966) vi. 67 Bert and Tim..double-banked on the horse, and returned to the high ground near the river. 1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Jan. 20/4 His sister..somehow got him on to a horse..and double-banking to hold him on, she took him to Dr. Pirie's surgery at Liverpool. 1940 B. O'Reilly Green Mountains (1941) 67 Rose and I ‘double-banked’ on a fat round pony. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 72 It was possibly through the agency of the horse that Australia acquired..double-bank..employed mainly today when a cyclist gives another person a ride on the bar of his bicycle. Derivatives double-banking n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > parking double-banking1903 car parking1915 parking1916 double-parking1931 overparking1938 parallel parking1962 1903 R. J. Clow Pillar of Salt vii. 87 ‘I will not call twice at the same place during the year.’.. ‘“Double banking” is a poor game,’ continued the husky man. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 60 Double banking, the practice, severely discouraged, of having two parallel lines of traffic going in the same direction. 1954 Highway Code 11 Do not let your vehicle stand in the carriageway..alongside a standing vehicle, thus causing ‘double-banking’. 1958 Times 1 May 4/2 Meters were less ugly than double and triple banking of cars all over the place indiscriminately. 1961 Guardian 10 Oct. 18/2 Mr. Macmillan has extended his double-banking of Ministers. 1963 J. Vaizey Educ. in Class Society iii. 10 In order to accommodate the children coming out of the sixth forms, we shall have to adopt expedients like double-banking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1832
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