double-bank

English

Verb

double-bank (third-person singular simple present double-banks, present participle double-banking, simple past and past participle double-banked)

  1. (nautical) To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
  2. (nautical) To set two rowers to pulling (a single oar).

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “double-bank”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Guyanese Creole English

Etymology

From English double-bank.

Verb

double-bank

  1. to work together

References

  • Samad, Daizal R., Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023) A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 51
  • Henry, Edgar A. (2022) The Guyanese Slang Alphabet, Dorrance Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 54
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