Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
double-barreled [duhb-uh l-bar-uh ld] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- having two barrels mounted side by side, as a shotgun.
- serving a double purpose or having two parts or aspects: a double-barreled attack on corruption.
Origin of double-barreled First recorded in 1700–10 Examples from the Web for double-barreled Contemporary Examples of double-barreled
Then Sunday on Fox News we saw a double-barreled assault on the hashtag activism by conservatives.
Go Away, Coulter and Limbaugh; Hashtagging Is Better Than Snarking
Dean Obeidallah
May 14, 2014
On the eve of the double-barreled canonization, the skies over Rome boomed with thunder and poured with rain.
Onscene as Pope Francis Makes Saints of John Paul II and John XXIII
Barbie Latza Nadeau
April 27, 2014
Historical Examples of double-barreled
Here were a pair of double-barreled pistols, four lives in my hands?
J. Sheridan LeFanu
He held a double-barreled shotgun over the crook of his arm.
Frederick R. Bechdolt
He caught up a double-barreled musket and followed the Earthmen.
Dallas McCord Reynolds
“Oh, I’ve already got a double-barreled patent on it,” was the light answer.
Arthur M. Winfield
Their double-barreled shotguns were oiled, and put carefully away.
Harry Castlemon