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Definition of Handrest
1. Noun. A support for the hand.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handrest
Literary usage of Handrest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Roman-Dutch Law by Simon van Leeuwen (1886)
"handrest. of South Holland, p. 409. art. 80. Contra Novell. 99. cap. 1. et ibi DD.
or has clearly renounced the beneficium divisionis, that is, ..."
2. The Heber R. Bishop Collection of Jade and Other Hard Stones by Heber Reginald Bishop (1909)
"Date, Ming dynasty (1368- 1644). Nephrite.. WRITER'S handrest (Huan Shou) of
oblong shape, with curving ends modelled in the form of a partially ..."
3. Vaderlandsche historie: vervattende de geschiedenissen der nu Vereenigde by Jan Wagenaar (1770)
"... aangetoond, dat niet alleen Holland, maar alle de Ne- der- (4) i D. bl. 319.
en handrest. van ..."