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Definition of Double-barrelled

1. Adjective. Having two barrels mounted side by side. "A double-barreled shotgun"

2. Adjective. Having two purposes; twofold. "Our double-barreled desire to make things profitable as well as attractive"

Definition of Double-barrelled

1. Adjective. (context: of names) Having two separate parts often adjoined by a hyphen, eg. ''Wright-Phillips'', ''Bowes-Lyon'' or ''Duncan Smith'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-barrelled

douaniers douar douars douay bible doublable double double-action double-agent double-bank double-banked

double-banking double-banks double-barreled double-barreled shotgun double-barrelled (current term) double-barrelled shotgun double-bedded double-bitted ax double-bitted axe double-blind

double-blind experiment double-blind method double-blind procedure double-blind study double-blind test double-blind tests double-bluff double-bogey

Literary usage of Double-barrelled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Collection of single and double-barrelled percussion 142 Вот ль ... A collection of ornamental arms, consisting of double- barrelled guns. Eitles. ..."

2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"and shows that one real fire of ours is better than two of his contriving ; for the event of this double-barrelled scheme has been, that the colonel and his ..."

3. Life in the South from the Commencement of the War: Being a Social History by Catherine Cooper Hopley (1863)
"The Women of the South—Secession Flags—Juvenile Heroines- Johnny's double-barrelled Gun—Superannuated ..."

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