left-hand adj 1: intended for the left hand; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove" [syn: {left(a)}, {left-hand(a)}] 2: located on or directed toward the left; "a car with left-hand drive"
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]