To double-bank an oar

from 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.
   [1913 Webster]

   {To double-bank an oar}, to set two men to pulling one oar.
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