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double a Cp DC ~ sleigh 2 for double sled.
Comb double-ball mitt: heavy mitten made by knitting with
two balls of wool.
1979 POCIUS 26 In some instances, however, a
heavy-duty mitt was fabricated using two balls of yarn. This technique was called
double-knitting, and mitts that were constructed by this method were called 'double-ball'
mitts.
double bitter: axe with two cutting edges.
T 43/7-64 When you'd go up to the camp and sign on, the company
would issue a double bitter—a blade on each side of the axe. 1977 RUSSELL 114 So out
he darted into the back yard and come back with an axe, and a good job it was, said
Grampa, that it wasn't a double bitter.
double crew: see
CREW 4.
double-handed: see DOUBLE-HANDED.
double Irish chain: see IRISH CHAIN.
double jar: common seal after its first year;
JAR2.
1792 CARTWRIGHT Gloss i, xi Jar. The young
of the smallest kind of seal [are called Jars]; the old ones are called Double Jars.
double linnet: overlap of netting formed when a cod-trap is
drawn to the surface; cp CUT n, LINNET.
P 9-73 The second hand
attends to the forward cuts and the skipper to the stern cuts. The cuts or double linnet
is a particular job and requires an expert to handle.
double
sled, ~ sleigh: heavy sled drawn by two horses; a sled in two linked sections used
to haul wood; cp WAGON SLED.
[1920] 1933 GREENLEAF (ed) "The
Lumber Camp Song": I sit upon my double sleigh as happy as a king. / My horse is always
ready, and I am never sad; / There's no one else so happy as the double-sleigher lad. T
43/8-64 My job was loadin' double sleds—a feller drivin' a pair of horses an' I was
loader for him. M 68-10 [The double sled] is pulled by a horse [and is] used to pull logs
for long distances. The roller bunk allows the sled to turn under the load of logs. If
the land is very steep, then only the front sled is used.
double-spring trap: animal trap with two rods placed under
tension to secure the prey.
[1770] 1792 CARTWRIGHT i, 52 I caught
a marten near the river side, and tailed two double-spring traps on the north shore.
double-team cart: see double sled above.
T 101--64 [They used to use] a double team cart—that's two
horses. That was a big machine with four wheels on it, and the wheels I daresay might be
five or six feet in diameter; big working carts for handling heavy material like timber.
double wagon sled: see WAGON SLED.
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