main gauche

American  

[man gohsh] / mɛ̃ ˈgoʊʃ /

noun

1. a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.

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Etymology

Origin of main gauche

< French: literally, left hand

Example Sentences

The brother-in-law, � la main gauche, of that Brother of Dragons, Richard Wagner, Von B�low was hardly appreciated during his first visit to America in 1876-77.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

On trouva dans l'isle de Cuervo une statue équestre, couverte d'un manteau, mais la tête nue, qui tenoit de la main gauche la bride du cheval, et qui montroit l'occident de la main droite.

From Poems by Rogers, Samuel

His own origin was too recent to make an alliance of this kind desirable, and he wished that she had been a princess; even de la main, gauche of some royal house.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

Type: L'Am�rique, reconnaissable � son �cusson, tient de la main gauche, �lev�e, une couronne murale, et donne, de la droite, une couronne de lauriers au g�n�ral inclin� devant elle.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

Revers: L'Am�rique reconnaissable � son �cusson appuie sa main gauche sur une troph�e d'armes et de drapeaux, et de la droite, couronne le g�n�ral inclin� devant elle.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand