01 a. Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
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Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Phrases & compounds
Left-hand rope —
rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid rope.