Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
four-in-hand [fawr-in-hand, fohr-] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- a vehicle drawn by four horses and driven by one person.
- a team of four horses.
adjective
- of or relating to a four-in-hand.
Origin of four-in-hand First recorded in 1785–95 Examples from the Web for four-in-hand Historical Examples of four-in-hand
If you have, then you know the nature of my first lesson in four-in-hand driving.
Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
If ever a woman put her whole mind to a thing, I did on that four-in-hand.
Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
But his most notorious attempt of this order, was a four-in-hand of stags.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846
Various
Monty Paliser came in for a few, but not for the four-in-hand.
Edgar Saltus
He took his horses with him, and astonished Europe with a four-in-hand of his own.
William Ernest Henley
British Dictionary definitions for four-in-hand four-in-hand noun
- Also called: tally-ho a road vehicle drawn by four horses and driven by one driver
- a four-horse team in a coach or carriage
- a long narrow tie formerly worn tied in a flat slipknot with the ends dangling