left-hand
[
left
-
hand
]
/ˈlɛftˈhænd/
adjective
1.
on or to the left:
a left-hand turn at the intersection.
2.
of, for, or with the left hand.
3.
Building Trades.
(of a door) having the hinges on the left when seen from the exterior of the building, room, closet, etc., to which the doorway leads.
(of a casement sash) having the hinges on the left when seen from inside the window.
Origin
1150-1200;
Middle English
Examples from the web for
left-hand
When you turn this feature on, you will get a small bubble in the lower,
left-hand
corner of the screen.
It's always on the
left-hand
column, and it does exactly what the name suggests.
My own prime location is at the
left-hand
end of a row or table.
Whatever is at the
left-hand
margin will get high visual attention.
Ask them to write descriptions of these three customs in each of the rows in the
left-hand
column of their charts.
But nine years ago the sun was vomiting intense magnetic activity and solar flares, as seen in the
left-hand
solar maximum images.
Ask them to choose several of their self-stick notes and place them in the column on the
left-hand
side of the page.
The
left-hand
part of the figure appears as three shiny oval tubes.
Sounds early in an image represent the
left-hand
side of the scene, while those late in it represent the right.
But note well that there is ample evidence that we're already on the
left-hand
side of it.
British Dictionary definitions for
left-hand
left-hand
adjective
(
prenominal
)
1.
of, relating to, located on, or moving towards the left:
this car is left-hand drive,
a left-hand bend
2.
for use by the left hand; left-handed