long arm
noun1
A pole tool used for handling things too far away to reach.
2
Idiomatic Influence; far-reaching power.
- the long arm of the law
3
A gun with a long barrel, such as a rifle or shotgun.
4
A quilting machine that holds the fabric stationary on long rollers but allows the sewing mechanism to move around the surface of the fabric.
- Derived terms
- long-arm jurisdiction, long arm of the law
- Related terms
- armedness, longarmed, secular arm