TWO-HANDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does two-handed mean? 

• TWO-HANDED (adjective)
  The adjective TWO-HANDED has 2 senses:

1. equally skillful with each hand

2. requiring two hands or designed for two people

  Familiarity information: TWO-HANDED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWO-HANDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equally skillful with each hand

Synonyms:

ambidextrous; two-handed

Context example:

an ambidextrous surgeon

Similar:

equipoised (lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Requiring two hands or designed for two people

Synonyms:

bimanual; two-handed

Context example:

a machine designed for bimanual operation

Similar:

handed (having or involving the use of hands)

 Context examples 

“This gentleman hath a two-handed sword, a good foot longer than that of our friend.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he spoke, the two combatants advanced from either end in full armor with their two-handed swords sloping over their shoulders.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Further on he met a sturdy black-bearded man, mounted on a brown horse, with a rosary in his right hand and a long two-handed sword jangling against his stirrup-iron.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)