Definitions for four-in-hand

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Spelling: [fawr-in-hand, fohr-]

IPA: /ˈfɔr ɪnˌhænd, ˈfoʊr-/

Four-In-Hand is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 433 anagrams from letters in four-in-hand (--adfhinnoru).

Definitions for four-in-hand

noun

1. a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
2. a vehicle drawn by four horses and driven by one person.
3. a team of four horses.

adjective

1. of or relating to a four-in-hand.

Origin of four-in-hand

First recorded in 1785-95

Examples for four-in-hand

He took his horses with him, and astonished Europe with a four-in-hand of his own.

I'll have my four-in-hand properly horsed with horses of my own, by George!

They imitated the class distinction of the four-in-hand, and then charged by the mile.

He was a first-rate driver; he could take a four-in-hand or a tandem as easily as a pair.

He is a splendid whip, and his four-in-hand was eclipsed by none other in the club.

Edbury whipped his four-in-hand to conduct our voters to the poll.

Monty Paliser came in for a few, but not for the four-in-hand.

If you have, then you know the nature of my first lesson in four-in-hand driving.

But his most notorious attempt of this order, was a four-in-hand of stags.

If ever a woman put her whole mind to a thing, I did on that four-in-hand.