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/dub"euhl bangk"/, v.t. Naut.1. to have two rowers pull (each of a number of oars).2. to have people pull (a rope) from both sides.3. to row (a boat) with rowers for both sides on each thwart.[1825-35]
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Double-bank — Dou ble bank , v. t. (Naut.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. [1913 Webster] {To double bank an oar}, to set two men to pulling one oar. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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