double-declutch

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double-declutch (third-person singular simple present double-declutches, present participle double-declutching, simple past and past participle double-declutched)

  1. (dated, automotive) A method of changing gear in a vehicle which doesn't have synchromesh. The clutch is depressed to disengage the current gear, released while in neutral, and depressed again to obtain the next gear.
    • 1960 [1960], John Betjeman, Summoned by Bells, London: John Murray, page 89:
      The Talbot-Darracq, with its leather seats
      And Biddy in beside me! I could show.
      Double-declutching to perfection now.

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