DOUBLE-ENDED Definition & Meaning

double-ended

[ duhb-uhl-en-did ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

having the two ends alike.
Nautical.
1. operating equally well with either end as the bow, as a ferryboat.
2. noting a vessel having a stern curved or pointed so as to resemble or suggest a bow.
noting any of various vehicles, as certain streetcars, designed to be operated with either end serving as the front.

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First recorded in 1870–75

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The design of the double-ended yole has origins going back to the Norse Viking raiding boats that arrived on Scotland's shores a millennia ago.

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Inslee and the Legislature have funded new, double-ended vehicle ferries to relieve a debilitated system, but the soonest they’ll run is 2028.

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Or representing the double-ended, ambidextrous ferries themselves?

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Medieval and renaissance astronomers called a double-ended pointer for the nodes of the moon a “dragon hand.”

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Recharging the Moto Edge is also unnecessarily annoying, thanks to the lack of a charger inside the box — all you get is a double-ended USB-C cable.

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