Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double-bank

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble-bank
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

verb

To set two rowers to pulling (a single oar).

verb

To ride (a horse, or bicycle) with two people on saddle

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

verb

To double up, to have two people doing something usually done just by one.

adj

Example Sentences

"`We must double-bank my horse,' whispers Jim, `for a mile or two, till we're clear of the place; we didn't want to bring a lot of horses about.'"
"On this occasion we double-banked over on horseback without much difficulty; but very often the Hooker River is quite impassable with horses"

Usage

Inflected Forms

double-banks (present, singular) double-banking (participle, present) double-banked (participle, past) double-banked (past) doublebank (alternative) double bank (alternative)

Phrases

double-banked double-banking

Questions

What does double-bank mean?: To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.

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