double-bankedadj.
/dʌbəlˈbaŋkt/ Originally Nautical.
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a. Having pairs of opposite oars pulled by rowers on the same bench; or, having two rowers at each oar. (Said of the oars, or of the boat; also adverbially.)
b. double-banked frigate: a frigate carrying guns on two decks; also called a double-banker n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > vessel carrying certain number of guns > with guns on two or three decks
three-deck1692
three-decked ship1692
three-decker1789
two-decker1790
double-banked frigate1842
double-banker1867
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xv. 429 They row double banked; that is, two Men setting on one Bench, but one rowing on one side, the other on the other side of the Boat.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Double-banked The oars are also said to be double-banked when two men row upon every single one.
1842 Peter Parley's Ann. 300 A large double-banked frigate.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Double-banked 60-gun frigates which carry guns along the gangway..are usually styled double-bankers.
c. transferred.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > [adjective]
doublec1305
ydoubled1340
doubledc1430
redoubled1540
duple1542
duplicate1548
duplat?1553
reduplicated1598
reduplicate?1609
ingeminate1637
duplicated1643
ingeminated1658
twofold1812
double-banked1929
1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 40 Double banked, sleeping two in a cabin.
1964 Times Rev. Industry Feb. 57/3 The first ‘double-banked’ motor the firm has made..(mounting two sets of five cylinders each radially round a common drive shaft).
1968 Economist 17 Aug. 53/1 A double-banked defence network of anti-missiles.
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