double-ender

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English

Noun

double-ender (plural double-enders)

  1. (nautical) A vessel capable of moving both forwards and backwards, having bow and rudder at each end.
  2. A locomotive with a pilot at each end.
  3. A cross-cut sawing machine, with two adjustable circular saws, for sawing both ends of timber.
  4. A dildo designed to penetrate two people simultaneously.

References

  1. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Double-ender”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.