overhand
nounEtymology From over- + hand.
1
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
- He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.1533, Thomas More, Debellation of Salem and Bizance:
- Antonyms
- underhand
overhand
adjEtymology From over- + hand.
1
Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
- an overhand shuffle of a deck of cards
2
Business, Manufacturing, Sewing, Textiles Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
3
Of a loop in rope With the working part on top of the standing part.
4
Business, Construction, Manufacturing, Masonry Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over the wall to complete the work.
- Synonyms
- overarm
- Derived terms
- offset overhand bend, overhand knot