"double-head" meaning in All languages combined

See double-head on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: double-heads [present, singular, third-person], double-heading [participle, present], double-headed [participle, past], double-headed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} double-head (third-person singular simple present double-heads, present participle double-heading, simple past and past participle double-headed)
  1. (rail transport) To haul a train with two locomotives at the head end. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Related terms: double-header, double-heading [noun]
    Sense id: en-double-head-en-verb-r09qd8ja Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1961 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 380:",
          "text": "For an excursion organised by the publishers of this journal to Eastleigh and Ashford on April 5, Class T9 4-4-0 No. 30117 and E1 4-4-0 No. 31019 were provided to double-head a special from Charing Cross to Ashford via Maidstone East.",
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        "(rail transport) To haul a train with two locomotives at the head end."
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