double-ended

[duhb-uh l-en-did]

adjective

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.

Origin of double-ended

First recorded in 1870–75

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All we could do in that double-ended boat was to sit still and hold tight.
Swept Out to Sea
W. Bertram Foster
This particular head is double-ended and carries two cutters c.
Turning and Boring
Franklin D. Jones
Speaking or writing is, therefore, everywhere a double-ended process.
The Teacher
George Herbert Palmer
The lights had changed: The double-ended candles had disappeared.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
Eleanor Gates
With the exception of the five in the aftermost compartment, they were "double-ended," with the furnaces facing fore and aft.
An Unsinkable Titanic
John Bernard Walker