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doublehanding

doublehanding is the present participle and gerund of doublehand.

Meaning of doublehand

Verb

doublehand (third-person singular simple present doublehands, present participle doublehanding, simple past and past participle doublehanded)

  1. To use a two-person crew.
    • Whether you're sailing with a full crew complement or doublehanding with your spouse,...2014, Ralph Naranjo, The Art of Seamanship, →ISBN, page 67

Questions about doublehanding

What is doublehanding the present participle and gerund of?
Doublehanding is the present participle and gerund of doublehand.

Words near doublehanding in the dictionary

  1. doublegees
  2. doublehand
  3. doublehanded
  4. doublehandedly
  5. doublehandedness
  6. doublehanding
  7. doublehands
  8. doubleheader
  9. doubleheaders
  10. doublehearted
  11. doubleminded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doublehanding (page history and authors); doublehand (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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