Meaning

adjective with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level

adjective sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand English overhand From over- + hand.

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