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doubler¹

noun doublers

  1. One who doubles.
  2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
  3. 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.
  4. Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
  5. A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
  6. A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.
  7. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
  8. A diaper insert.

    Similar: diaper doubler

doubler²

noun doublers

  1. US, dialectal A tenement house having two families on each floor.
  2. colloquial A biplane aeroplane or kite.

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@misc{doubler_2026,
  title = {doubler},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doubler},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}