double ender or dou·ble-end·er ExamplesWord Origin noun Nautical.
- a double-ended vessel.
Origin of double ender An Americanism dating back to 1860–65 Examples from the Web for double ender Historical Examples of double ender
The boat retraces its course without turning round, as it is a “double-ender.”
James Fullarton Muirhead
She was an old East Boston ferry-boat, a “double-ender,” admirable for river-work, but unfit for sea-service.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The boat selected for the drill was a “double-ender” life-boat hanging in the old-fashioned style of davits.
Percy F. Westerman
She was an old East-Boston ferry-boat, a “double-ender,” admirable for river-work, but unfit for sea-service.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865
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In this double-ender of a State political jobbery was at fault, because it had no headquarters.
Stories by American Authors (Volume 4)
Constance Fenimore Woolson