two-handed

[ too-han-did ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having two hands.
using both hands equally well; ambidextrous.
involving or requiring the use of both hands:
a two-handed sword; a two-handed backhand.
requiring the hands of two persons to operate:
a two-handed saw.
engaged in by two persons:
a two-handed game.

two-handed

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Bassam reached out and shook my hand, his two-handed grip like a vice—grateful, to be sure, but reaffirming his dominance.

They might have been compared to a rapier and a two-handed broadsword.

And the foremost of the troop, a thick dwarfish man with a huge two-handed sword, stood aside.

This gentleman hath a two-handed sword, a good foot longer than that of our friend.

As he spoke, the two combatants advanced from either end in full armor with their two-handed swords sloping over their shoulders.

Then we eat our dinner, consisting of the usual chicken and eggs, have a game of two-handed bridge and turn in.

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