four-handed

American  

[fawr-han-did, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˈhæn dɪd, ˈfoʊr- /

Also four-hand

adjective

1. involving four hands or players, as a game at cards.

   Bridge is usually a four-handed game.

2. intended for four hands, as a piece of music for the piano.

3. having four hands, or four feet adapted for use as hands; quadrumanous.

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four-handed British  

adjective

1. (of a card game) arranged for four players

2. (of a musical composition) written for two performers at the same piano

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Other Word Forms

• four-handedly adverb

Etymology

Origin of four-handed

First recorded in 1765–75