double-barrelled

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see double, barrelled. Having two barrels, as a gun.
Twofold, having a double purpose or nature.
Having two separate parts, often adjoined by a hyphen (or sometimes a space).
Forceful, powerful (like a double-barrelled shotgun).

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double-barrelled double-barrel

From double- + barrelled.

hyphenated

double-barrelled shotgun long-barrelled triple-barrelled tupara

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