double-ended
[duhb-uh l-en-did]
- having the two ends alike.
- Nautical.
- operating equally well with either end as the bow, as a ferryboat.
- 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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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 SeaW. Bertram Foster
This particular head is double-ended and carries two cutters c.
Turning and BoringFranklin D. Jones
Speaking or writing is, therefore, everywhere a double-ended process.
The TeacherGeorge Herbert Palmer
The lights had changed: The double-ended candles had disappeared.
The Poor Little Rich GirlEleanor Gates
With the exception of the five in the aftermost compartment, they were "double-ended," with the furnaces facing fore and aft.
An Unsinkable TitanicJohn Bernard Walker