handprint

noun

handprint

noun

/ˈhænd.pɹɪnt/

Etymology From hand + print.

1

A visible mark left on a surface by the contact of a hand, not limited to fingerprints.

  • The floor was covered with handprints, footprints, and pawprints.
  • Vera was made to dip her hand into the bird's blood and then make a handprint on a sheet of paper while the witches all chanted some mumbo-jumbo.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 58:

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