The crewmen double-banked each of the oars.
Throughout the 1960s, under Conservative and Labour Prime Ministers, the practice has been to double-bank Treasury Ministers in the Cabinet (London Times).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ble — ab·di·ca·ble; abom·i·na·ble; abus·a·ble; ac·ces·si·ble; ac·com·mo·da·ble; ac·cost·a·ble; ac·cu·mu·la·ble; ac·cus·a·ble; ace·to·sol·u·ble; achie·va·ble; acid·i·fi·a·ble; ac·knowl·edge·a·ble; act·a·ble; ac·ti·va·ble; ac·tu·al·iz·a·ble; add·a·ble;… … English syllables
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
To double-bank an oar — 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
Double-banked — Dou ble banked , a. 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… … English syllables
St. John's (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador) — St. John s Saint Jean, Terre Neuve et Labrador Administration Pays … Wikipédia en Français
