double-bank verb 4adjective 1forms 3 verb4 •To set two rowers to pulling (a single oar). •(Australia, New-Zealand) To ride (a horse, or bicycle) with two people on saddle`We must double-bank my horse,' whispers Jim, `for a mile or two, till we're clear of the place; we didn't want to bring a lot of horses about.' — 1888 •To double up, to have two people doing something usually done just by one. •To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. adjective1 •double-banked formsdouble-banked · double-banking · double-banks