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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Left-hand \Left"-hand`\ (l[e^]ft"h[a^]nd`), a.
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right;
as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
[1913 Webster]
Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to
left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid
rope.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Left-hand \Left"-hand`\ (l[e^]ft"h[a^]nd`), a.
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right;
as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
Left-hand rope, rope laid up and twisted over from right to
left, or against the sun; -- called also water-laid
rope.