doublehanded

adj

1. (not-comparable)Requiring or using a crew consisting of two people.

   “This section uses a survey of thirteen couples to look at typical shorthanded solutions to watchkeeping and then discusses some standard watch schedules for doublehanded crews.”

2. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of double-handed.

   “When a double-handed person turned, the ropes would hit against each other, spiraling in lopsided arcs.”

   “Of the ancient doublehanded espadons of the Switzer, I have, in this way, received, I think, not less than six, in excellent preservation, from as many different individuals, who thus testified their general approbation of these pages.”

   “It is this doublehanded judgement that Personal Services seeks to expose.”

   “It is with this ambiguity in mind that one can begin a serious deconstructive, or doublehanded, reading of Levinas's work.”

adv

1. (not-comparable)With two hands.

   “For maximum destructive effect, the user crashed his falx down on to the target doublehanded, then drew the blade back toward himself in a sawing motion.”

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of doublehand

   “The boat, Rain Drop, was being doublehanded by a couple of past Cal 20 sailors.”