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double file

double file noun: a double line, especially, a queue two persons wide.

Noun

double file (plural double files)

  1. A double line, especially, a queue two persons wide.
    • The column marching in double file, the instructor commands: […]1864, United States War Department, The 1864 Field Artillery Tactics, Stackpole Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 120
    • In marching by double file, four abreast, etc., elbows touch and no lagging should be allowed.1891, Nettie D. Kimberlin, in Annual Report of the Controller of the City of Detroit of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Corporation, The Smith Printing Co., page 30

Forms of double file

pluraldouble files

Questions about double file

What does double file mean?
Double file means a double line, especially, a queue two persons wide.
What part of speech is double file?
Double file is a noun.
What is the plural of double file?
The plural of double file is double files.

Words near double file in the dictionary

  1. double feast
  2. double feasts
  3. double feature
  4. double features
  5. double figures
  6. double file
  7. double files
  8. double first
  9. double first cousin
  10. double first cousins
  11. double firsts

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