'Right-hand' definitions:
Definition of 'right-hand'
From: WordNet
adjective
Located on or directed toward the right; "a right-hand turn"
adjective
Intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn: right(a), right-hand(a)]
adjective
Most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man"
Definition of 'Right-hand'
From: GCIDE
- Right-hand \Right"-hand`\, a.
- 1. Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable. [1913 Webster]
- Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man in the troop. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Right-hand rope, a rope which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage. [1913 Webster]