single-hand

[sing-guh l-hand]

verb (used with object)

to sail (a craft) without help from others.

Related formssin·gle-hand·er, nounsin·gle-hand·ing, noun

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Historical Examples of single-hand

I well remember that she played a good game of single-hand euchre, and that we had many pleasant games together.
Life Gleanings
T. J. Macon
Taking my thirty-eight-foot rope I threw a single-hand diamond, hitching the lady good and hard to mare and cargo.
A Man in the Open
Roger Pocock
One who reads or talks to me spells with his hand, using the single-hand manual alphabet generally employed by the deaf.
Story of My Life
Helen Keller