hour hand

noun

1. the hand that indicates the hours on a clock or watch.

hour hand

noun

1. See second hand, minute hand
   the pointer on a timepiece that indicates the hour Compare minute hand second hand

Word History and Origins

Origin of hour hand¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

It is more difficult to use the moon as the point of the hour-hand and requires some care.

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Even at this day I could affirm on oath that it took five hours for that hour-hand to get round to twelve.

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Therefore sailors choose the two brighter stars in the end of the cup of the Little Dipper, and watch them, for an hour-hand.

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The hour-hand of a clock is on one shaft, a solid one, which itself turns inside the shaft of the minute hand, which is hollow.

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I shall next February be much interested by seeing your hour-hand of the organic world going.

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