overhanded

adj, adv — 3 senses

overhanded

adj

Etymology From over- + handed.

1

Overhand.

  • That summer overhanded pitching was legalized, resulting in a slew of no-hitters, including the only ones ever pitched at Recreation Park.1998, Richard Bak, A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium, →ISBN, page 31:
  • As has been mentioned earlier, there are various ways to hold a bow, the most obvious difference being between the overhanded method and the underhanded method.1963, Gertrude Jean Shaw, The Violoncello Sonata Literature in France During the Eighteenth Century, page 19:
2 more examples
  • To make an overhanded knot, you pass the end of the rope over the standing part and through the bight.2013, William Brady, The Kedge Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant, →ISBN, page 22:
  • An overhanded patch is used on material that is seldom washed, and where the raw edge on the wrong side is not objectionable.1927, The New Butterick Dressmaker, page 291:
2

Overstaffed.

  • If these proposed alterations were made, would not the best trades soon be overhanded?1867, John Watts, The Catechism of Wages and Capital, page 22:

overhanded

adv

Etymology From over- + handed.

1

Overhand.

  • As you get older though, you will definitely want to be able to serve overhanded.2013, Kacy Carter, Set to Serve, →ISBN:
  • The chimney was built entirely from the inside platforms, the masons working overhanded, and thus no staging was necessary on the outside.1902, William Wallace Chrisite, Chimney Design and Theory: A Book for Engineers and Architects:

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