English

Alternative forms

• over-handed

Adjective

overhanded ‎(not comparable)

1. Overhand
   • 1998, Richard Bak, A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium, ISBN 0814325122, page 31:

     That summer overhanded pitching was legalized, resulting in a slew of no-hitters, including the only ones ever pitched at Recreation Park.

   • 1963, Gertrude Jean Shaw, The Violoncello Sonata Literature in France During the Eighteenth Century, page 19:

     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.

   • 2013, William Brady, The Kedge Anchor; or, Young Sailors' Assistant, ISBN 048614805X, page 22:

     To make an overhanded knot, you pass the end of the rope over the standing part and through the bight.

   • 1927, The New Butterick Dressmaker, page 291:

     An overhanded patch is used on material that is seldom washed, and where the raw edge on the wrong side is not objectionable.

2. Overstaffed
   • 1867, John Watts, The Catechism of Wages and Capital, page 22:

     If these proposed alterations were made, would not the best trades soon be overhanded?

Adverb

overhanded ‎(not comparable)

1. Overhand
   • 2013, Kacy Carter, Set to Serve, ISBN 1630228540:

     As you get older though, you will definitely want to be able to serve overhanded.

   • 1902, William Wallace Chrisite, Chimney Design and Theory: A Book for Engineers and Architects:

     The chimney was built entirely from the inside platforms, the masons working overhanded, and thus no staging was necessary on the outside.

Verb

overhanded

1. simple past tense and past participle of overhand