Double-bank

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Double-bank \Dou"ble-bank"\, v. t. (Naut.)
     To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or
     thwart.
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     {To double-bank an oar}, to set two men to pulling one oar.


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