• Four-handed

    Full definition of four-handed

    Adjective

    four-handed

    1. (Having four hands).
      • 2013 , Jules Verne , The Collected Works Of Jules Verne , Of these various four-handed animals, the most remarkable are decidedly the "gueribas," with curling tails and a face like Beelzebub.
      • 2003 , Mahendra Narayan Behera , Brownstudy on Heathenland: A Book on Indology , The four-handed human form of gods and goddesses is the second stage of evolution in idolatry according to the need of devotees.
    2. (Requiring four hands.)
      • 2014 , Mary Jo Putney , Not Quite a Wife , I'd almost forgotten, but your first arrangements were creating four-handed pieces we could play together.
    3. (Requiring or involving four people).
      • 2011 , Alec Waugh , Brief Encounter , She was about to ask him if he had ever played four-handed chess.
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