"double-head" meaning in English

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Verb

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. Related terms: double-header, double-heading [noun]

Inflected forms

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