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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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