Definition of "double-header" in английский

noun

1. (sports) A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.

   • This afternoon we will have a double-header between the Bears and the Wolves, games at 3pm and 7:30pm.

2. A pair of sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.

   • The NRL season opener at the Olympic stadium will be a double-header: Dragons vs Eels and Souths vs Wests.
   • The next jazz double-header at The Sound Lounge will feature the Leonie Cohen Trio and the Sam Hawkins Quartet

3. A pair of sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.

4. (fishing) The catching of a single fish simultaneously by two fishermen when fishing together.

5. (numismatics) A double-headed coin.

6. (rail transport) A train pulled by two locomotives.

7. (slang) Double penetration