having two screw propellers, usually rotating in opposite directions, as some ships
twin-screw in American English
(ˈtwɪnˈskruː)
adjective
Nautical(of a vessel)
having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions
Word origin
[1860–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, calibrate, institutionalism, mutualism, raider