proper right

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A statue with the proper right hand holding a sword up and the proper left hand forwards.

Etymology

proper (in the sense of "its own") + right; from Latin proprius.

Noun

proper right (uncountable)

  1. The direction which is to the right from an object's perspective, the direction 90 degrees clockwise from the front.
    • 1834, S. B. Luce, Aaron Ward, “Knotting, Splicing, Etc.”, in Text-book of Seamanship‎, revised and enlarged edition, New York: Van Nostrand Company, published 1891, archived from the original on 19 January 2021, page 59:
      Sennit for Hats […] always join on the upper side, because the under side is the proper right side of the sennit.
    • 1981, Martin Robertson, “The great change : late archaic and early classical”, in A Shorter History of Greek Art‎, Cambridge University Press, published 1982, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:
      There is a slight twist of the torso to the proper right, and the head is turned a little further.
    • 2006 April, Jean M Burks, “Quebec country furniture at the Shelburne Museum”, in Magazine Antiques, volume 169, number 4, page 124:
      The key in the lock served to open the proper left-hand door, while the proper right door was secured by a hook and eye of forged iron […]

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