overhand Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level
overhanded; overarm.
- an overhand pitch
- an overhand stroke
adjective satellite sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together)
oversewn.

The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.

(Sewing) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both.
(Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder.