Definition of Double eagle

1. Noun. (golf) a score of three strokes under par on a hole.

Category relationships: Golf, Golf Game
Generic synonyms: Score

2. Noun. A former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars.
Generic synonyms: Coin

Definition of Double eagle

1. Noun. (US currency) A gold coin with a face value of $20.00 formerly used in the United States, the double of the U.S. eagle coin. ¹

2. Noun. (golf) Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par 5 hole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Eagle

double digestion
double digit
double digits
double dildo
double dipper
double dipping
double displacement mechanism
double dog dare
double door
double doors
double double
double down
double dozen
double dribble
double dye
double eagle (current term)
double eagles
double emulsion
double entendre
double entendres
double entry
double exposure
double factorial
double factorials
double fault
double feature
double features
double figures
double file
double first

Literary usage of Double eagle

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

1. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1849)
"And be it further enacted, That for all sums whatever the double eagle ... in the double eagle, the eagle, and the half eac-l«, one half of a grain, ..."

2. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Arg. a double eagle displayed gu., a mullet for difference. ... Or, a double eagle with wings displayed, surmounted by a galley sa., armed, langued, ..."

3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"used to be mine really, but that double eagle took it away; ... He's very angry with the double eagle about it all, being a great friend of the ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1849)
"That for all sums whatever the double eagle shall be a legal tender for twenty dollars, and the gold dollar shall be a legal tender for one dollar. Sec. 4. ..."

5. Prehistoric Art; Or, The Origin of Art as Manifested in the Works of by Thomas Wilson, Edwin Porter Upham (1898)
"A double eagle on the fife spreading tho wings, with the tail raised, as if preparing ... The double eagle has but one body and one pair of wings; the tail, ..."

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