doubling a cape

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doubling a cape - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Doubling \Dou"bling\, n.
     1. The act of one that doubles; a making double;
        reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
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     2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare;
        shift; trick; artifice. --Dryden.
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     3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or
        escutcheon.
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     4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the
        strength and flavor.
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     5. raising the stakes in a game, such as a card game or
        backgammon, by a factor of 2.
  
     Syn: double.
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     Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around
        or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
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