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double-banked
double-banked, a. orig. Naut. (-bæŋkt) [parasynth. f. double bank + -ed.] a. Having pairs of opposite oars pulled by rowers on the same bench; or, having two rowers at each oar. (Said of the oars, or of the boat; also adverbially.) b. double-banked frigate: a frigate carrying guns on two decks; also...
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Longboat
The oars were double-banked - with two oarsmen on each thwart, each using an oar on their own side.
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double-benched
double-benched, a. (-bɛnʃt) Having two benches; spec. (Naut.) = double-banked.1834 Medwin Angler in Wales I. 17 A double-benched cart. 1881 Ogilvie, Double-banked, double-benched.
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double-bank
double-bank, v. [Back-formation from next.] 1. trans. a. Naut. To provide with two rowers on one bench for each pair of opposite oars, or with two rowers for each oar. b. transf. To work or pull with two sets of men, horses, etc. (e.g. a rope with men on both sides, a dray with a double team of hors...
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Corkscrew (Valleyfair)
After the hill, there is a rise and a banked right turn, leading into a double-corkscrew element. with a flat top, before swooping over the midway into the double corkscrews.
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Knockans
One of a number of Irish Iron Age linear earthworks, the Knockans is a double-banked monument partly destroyed by bulldozer in May 1997, which saw the
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Axel Welin
He invented a new and improved davit for lowering boats on board ship, a quadrant davit for double-banked boats which simply became known as the Welin
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Thwart
Thwarts in a boat worked under oars may be described as either "single banked" or "double banked". A double banked boat has two oarsmen seated on each thwart, each of whom operates their own oar on their own side of the boat.
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S. E. Saunders
Liverpool-class 'Pulling and Sailing' types, RNLB Mary Stanford (ON 661), described as being "38 feet long and 10 feet 9 inch wide, fitted to 14 oars double-banked
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Zimerman (roller coaster)
After a small dip downward, the coaster goes into a small banked turn right before finally going down the first drop. Riders would then go into another banked right turn before going through the other two inversions, the double corkscrews.
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Battle of Andros (1825)
comprising 20 warships and eight fireships, defeated the Ottoman fleet of 51 vessels by attacking and burning with two fireships the Ottoman flagship—a 66-gun double-banked
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Wabash Cannonball (roller coaster)
Once the train was at the top of the hill, the train dipped down again into a banked turn. The banked turn then took riders down toward the first drop, which gave a sensation of airtime.
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1 vs. 100 (British game show)
In addition, the One has no option to walk away and keep the banked money, but must play until one side or the other is defeated. In addition, the One may choose to double the value of any one question after the first, adding £2,000 to the bank for each opponent eliminated on that
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Ringsbury Camp
Structure
Ringsbury is a multivallate fort, as it has a double-banked structure. In all about are enclosed by the surrounding walls.
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James Alexander House
Description and history
It was built in 1827, and is a two-story, four bay, double-pile, hall-and-parlor plan, banked brick dwelling with a gable roof
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