double-declutchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

double-declutch (third-person singular simple present double-declutches, present participle double-declutching, simple past and past participle double-declutched)

1. (dated, automotive) A method of changing gear in a vehicle which doesn't have synchromesh. The clutch is depressed to disengage the current gear, released while in neutral, and depressed again to obtain the next gear.
   • 1960 [1960], John Betjeman, Summoned by Bells, London: John Murray, page 89:

     The Talbot-Darracq, with its leather seats
     And Biddy in beside me! I could show.
     Double-declutching to perfection now.