Word Meaning

Meaning of overhand

- The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
- Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both.
- Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder.
- In an overhand manner or style.