Defn: See Doublet, 6 and 7.
DOUBLING
Dou"bling, n.
1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.
3. (Her.)
Defn: The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
DOUBLOON
Doub*loon", n. Etym: [F. doublon, Sp. doblon. See Double, a., and cf.
Dupion.]
Defn: A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.
DOUBLURE
Dou`blure", n. [F.]