bare-handedness en · NOUN
Etymology
From bare-handed + -ness.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of barehandedness.
alt of barehandedness
Since men are old offenders in the matter of bare-handedness let us put forth our best efforts in May to keep them gloved as far into the Summer season as possible.
1929, The Glovers Review - Volume 29, page xiv: