- Sports. Two games or events held in succession on the same program, especially in baseball.
- A train pulled by two locomotives.
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| Architecture: double header |
A header joist made of two pieces of lumber, fixed together by bolts or nails, to provide greater strength than a single piece.
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Doubleheader may refer to:
- Doubleheader (baseball) - Two baseball games played between the same two teams on the same day.
- Doubleheader (television) - An all-inclusive sports broadcast of two games back-to-back.
- Doubleheader, Texas - a former Czech American settlement.
- A fish of the Wrasse family Coris bulbifrons.
The original usage of "doubleheader" is attributed to the 1900s railway industry to refer to two locomotives pulling a particularly long and heavy train (cit. Railroad Commission of Texas, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/10226/tsl-10226.html).
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| Translations: Double-header |
Français (French)
n. - (US, Sport) deux matchs disputés l'un après l'autre, train tiré par deux locomotives, (Théât, Cin) deux pièces/deux films l'un après l'autre
Español (Spanish)
n. - dos juegos consecutivos, un ferrocarril tirado por dos locomotoras, dos eventos consecutivos
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