01 a. Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.
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Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.
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Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.“Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their right-hand man in the troop.” — Addison.
Phrases & compounds
Right-hand rope —
a rope which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.