overhanded

English

Alternative forms

• over-handed

Etymology 1

over- +‎ handed

Adjective

overhanded (not comparable)

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

     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.

Etymology 2

overhand +‎ -ed

Verb

overhanded

1. simple past and past participle of overhand