hand-carried

English

Verb

hand-carried

1. simple past and past participle of hand-carry

Adjective

hand-carried (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of handcarried
   • 2003, Michael J. Legeros, Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting, →ISBN, page 1909:

     Fire districts were established with restrictions for buildings, wells provided the first water supplies, and fire equipment was limited to the hand-carried variety—buckets, pails, fire extinguishers, etc.

   • 2011, S. Rao Vallabhaneni, CISSP Practice, →ISBN:

     Physical tokens consist of keys and unique documents such as hand-carried orders.

   • 2013, Peggy Stark, David A. Erlandson, Sharon Ward, Organizational Oversight: Planning and Scheduling for Effectiveness, →ISBN:

     The registrar leaves a message concerning a new student who had been enrolled by bringing a hand-carried copy of his transcript from an American school in Germany.