-handercomb. form

Stress is determined by a range of factors though some degree of stress is usually maintained on this combining form.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hand n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < hand n. + -er suffix¹.Formations are found from the beginning of the 19th cent.; an early example is back-hander n. Compare hander n.² and discussion at -er suffix¹ 1.

1. Forming nouns denoting something given with a specific part of the hand, or with the hand moving in a specified way, as back-hander n., round-hander n., etc.

2. Forming nouns denoting a person who naturally uses one hand in preference to the other, as left-hander n., right-hander n., etc.

3. Following a numeral: forming nouns describing a horse whose height at the shoulder is a specified number of hands (see hand n. 9).

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1837 Bell's Life in London 17 Dec. Many were the prads that were in requisition, from the twelve-hand pony up to the sixteen-hander.

1907 C. M. Gaskell Prose Idyls West Riding ii. 42 These here ponies is regular rakes. Give me sixteen-handers, and you know where you is. But with these thirteen-handers, 'tis like keepin' pet devils.

2006 S. Pressfield Afghan Campaign xxiv. 169 His mounts are massive Parthians, seventeen-handers, whose great hooves throw up spray in the shallows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	-hander
释义	-handercomb. form Stress is determined by a range of factors though some degree of stress is usually maintained on this combining form. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hand n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < hand n. + -er suffix¹.Formations are found from the beginning of the 19th cent.; an early example is back-hander n. Compare hander n.² and discussion at -er suffix¹ 1. 1. Forming nouns denoting something given with a specific part of the hand, or with the hand moving in a specified way, as back-hander n., round-hander n., etc. 2. Forming nouns denoting a person who naturally uses one hand in preference to the other, as left-hander n., right-hander n., etc. 3. Following a numeral: forming nouns describing a horse whose height at the shoulder is a specified number of hands (see hand n. 9). ΚΠ 1837 Bell's Life in London 17 Dec. Many were the prads that were in requisition, from the twelve-hand pony up to the sixteen-hander. 1907 C. M. Gaskell Prose Idyls West Riding ii. 42 These here ponies is regular rakes. Give me sixteen-handers, and you know where you is. But with these thirteen-handers, 'tis like keepin' pet devils. 2006 S. Pressfield Afghan Campaign xxiv. 169 His mounts are massive Parthians, seventeen-handers, whose great hooves throw up spray in the shallows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < comb. form1837
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