English Explanatory Dictionary

reredemain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A backward stroke of the hand.

Word forms

reredemain reredemains

Etymology

From Middle English reremayne, reremayn, probably from Anglo-Norman reremein, variant of areremein, from arere (“back, backwards”) + main (“hand”).

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