double eagle

double eagle (heraldry)

Meaning

Noun

  • A gold coin with a face value of $20 formerly used in the United States, the double of the US eagle coin.
  • Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par-five hole.
  • A representation of an eagle with two heads, as in the heraldic arms of Russia and Austria and in iconography from Antiquity onward (especially in the Roman Empire).

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