Definition of Double reverse

1. Noun. (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse.

Generic synonyms: Reverse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Reverse

double possessive
double possessives
double precision
double product
double protrusion
double quasar
double quasars
double quick
double quote
double quotes
double quotidian fever
double reed
double refraction
double replacement reaction
double replacement reactions
double reverse (current term)
double rhyme
double room
double rooms
double salt
double saucepan
double scull
double sculls
double sharp
double sharps
double sheet bend
double space
double spaced
double stain
double standard

Literary usage of Double reverse

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

1. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"Instead of fitting double reverse bars, it would be bett« to fit one of greater thickness, for, as the comparatively thin double bars off« a large surface ..."

2. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1863)
"... of the same thickness as the garboard strakes, and not less than three-fourths the breadth given in Table G, rivetted to double reverse angle irons on ..."

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