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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 3. Her. 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.