double-banked

verb

Meaning

To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
To set two rowers to pulling (a single oar).
Having two rowers at each oar, or two tiers of oars one above the other, as in ancient galleys.

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Related words

doublehanded(English)multibarreled(English)double-masted(English)double-hulled(English)multibarrelled(English)double-barrelled(English)twinhulled(English)double-barreled(English)

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