double-banked

English

Verb

double-banked

1. simple past and past participle of double-bank

Adjective

double-banked (not comparable)

1. Having two rowers at each oar, or two tiers of oars one above the other, as in ancient galleys.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:

     It is often the case that when a boat is stove, its crew, being picked up by another boat, help to work that second boat; and the chase is thus continued with what is called double-banked oars.