double paddle
Americannoun
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The double paddle has a hickory pole, 7 ft. long and 2 in. in diameter, for its center part.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
Over two hundred years ago he made for himself a pair of light wooden paddles, with blades at either end, somewhat similar in shape to the double paddle of a canoe.
From The Mastery of the Air by William J. Claxton
The model shown in the figure is covered with oiled canvas, and is provided with a double paddle and a small sail.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 by Various
Though the waves dash over him, scarcely a drop enters the craft as he skims along with his double paddle among cakes of floating ice.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
The double paddle is not to be recommended to the exclusion of the single blade, but there are many times when there is an advantage in its use.
From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America
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