Left-hand

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Left-hand \Left"-hand`\ (l[e^]ft"h[a^]nd`), a.
     Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right;
     as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Left-hand rope}, rope laid up and twisted over from right to


        left, or against the sun; -- called also {water-laid
        rope}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  left-hand
       adj 1: intended for the left hand; "I rarely lose a left-hand
              glove" [syn: {left(a)}, {left-hand(a)}]
       2: located on or directed toward the left; "a car with
          left-hand drive" [syn: {left-hand(a)}]