Double Eagle II — Monument, Presque Isle, Maine Double Eagle II Gondola … Wikipedia
Double eagle — Eagle Ea gle, n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. {Aquiline}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera {Aquila}… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Double Eagle — Allgemeine Information Zivile Bezeichnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
Double Eagle I — was a helium balloon piloted by Ben Abruzzo and Maxie Anderson in a failed attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1977. The balloon launched from Marshfield, Massachusetts on September 9. After being blown off course by stormy weather, the team… … Wikipedia
Double eagle — Double Dou ble (d[u^]b l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. diplo os double. See {Two}, and {Full}, and cf. {Diploma}, {Duple}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Double Eagle V — Double Eagle V, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Larry Newman, Ron Clark and Rocky Aoki, was the first balloon to cross the Pacific Ocean. It launched from Nagashima, Japan on November 10, 1981, and landed in Mendocino National Forest in California 84… … Wikipedia
double eagle — ☆ double eagle n. a former U.S. gold coin equal to $20 … English World dictionary
Double eagle — For other uses, see Double eagle (disambiguation). For the device in heraldry, see Double headed eagle. The 1875 CC Liberty Head design … Wikipedia
Double Eagle — A Double Eagle is a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20. Although the eagle based nomenclature for gold U.S. coinage is often assumed to be a nickname, the eagle, half eagle and quarter eagle were specifically given these… … Wikipedia
double eagle — noun Date: 1936 a golf score of three strokes less than par on a hole • double eagle transitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
double-eagle — transitive verb see double eagle … New Collegiate Dictionary