double-barreled

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dou·ble-bar·reled

(dŭb′əl-băr′əld)

adj.

1. Having two barrels mounted side by side: a double-barreled shotgun.

2. Having two purposes or parts; twofold: a double-barreled poll question.

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dou′ble-bar′reled

adj.

1. (esp. of a shotgun) having two barrels mounted side by side.

2. serving a double purpose or having two aspects.

[1700–10]

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Adj.	1.	double-barreled - having two barrels mounted side by side; "a double-barreled shotgun" double-barrelled single-barreled, single-barrelled - having one barrel; "most guns are single-barreled"
	2.	double-barreled - having two purposes; twofold; "our double-barreled desire to make things profitable as well as attractive"- Louis Kronenbergers double-barrelled ambiguous - having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"

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