Dictionary

right-hand en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English ryghte-hande, from Old English rihthand (“right-hand”), equivalent to right + hand.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or located on the right.
   • The train runs slowly with frequent slacks for bridge and culvert repairs. At one point occurs the changeover from left- to right-hand running. 1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
2. (not-comparable) Using or designed for use by the right hand.
   • a right-hand bowler in the game of cricket
3. (not-comparable) In the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread).
4. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of right hand (“trusted assistant”)
   alt of right hand

Forms

Antonyms

left-hand

Deriveds

right-hand drive · right-hand woman · right-handwise · right-hand rule · right-hand drive · right-hand path · Fleming's right-hand rule

Relateds

right-handed