hand-screen

A form of hand screen — A small screen held in the hand, used as a fan, or to protect one's face from light or heat.

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Meanings

nounhand-screen (plural hand-screens)

plural hand-screens

  1. alternativeAlternative form of hand screen.

    I must have a large bouquet of wax flowers, and a new set of baskets for glass dishes—they look very pretty and hold little—then, I have not a hand-screen in the house; all went to Brighton, more pity;...

    1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 85
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APA

hand-screen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-screen

MLA

“hand-screen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-screen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand-screen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-screen.

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