double-ender

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Noun

double-ender (plural double-enders)

1. (nautical) A vessel capable of moving both forwards and backwards, having bow and rudder at each end.
2. A locomotive with a pilot at each end.
3. A cross-cut sawing machine, with two adjustable circular saws, for sawing both ends of timber.
4. A dildo designed to penetrate two people simultaneously.

References

• “double-ender”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.