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In some senses, doubler is marked as US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
over
VERB + DOUBLER
fastened, reinforcing, riveting
noun
One who doubles.
An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.
The mechanics fastened a doubler over the hole where the cracked section of the plane's skin had been cut out.
The airworthiness directive called for riveting a reinforcing doubler to the wing midspar web to keep the spar from buckling under flight loads.
Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
noun
A tenement house having two families on each floor.
A biplane aeroplane or kite.
The mechanics fastened a doubler over the hole where the cracked section of the plane's skin had been cut out.
WiktionaryThe airworthiness directive called for riveting a reinforcing doubler to the wing midspar web to keep the spar from buckling under flight loads.
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In some senses, doubler is marked as US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.