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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOUBLE-BANKED

a.In seamanship, having two opposite oars managed by rowers on the same bench, or having two men to the same oar.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOUBLE-BANKED

DOUBLE-BANKED Dou "ble-banked `, a.

 

Defn: Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.