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Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders. examples
(sewing) Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together. examples
(of a loop in rope) With the working part on top of the standing part. examples
(masonry) Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over the wall to complete the work. examples
(mining) Done from below upward. examples
plural overhands
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. quotations examples
He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me.
1533, Thomas More, Debellation of Salem and Bizance
In an overhand manner examples
third-person singular simple present overhands, present participle overhanding, simple past and past participle overhanded
Sew using an overhand stitch. quotations examples
Now, those little ends of the bag above the running stitches, are to be overhanded together.
1913, Jane Eayre Fryer, The Mary Frances Sewing Book