main gauche

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main gauche

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French, meaning "left hand".

noun

In musical notation, an instruction for the pianist to use the left hand.
A type of parrying dagger.
Similar: mano sinistra

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"main gauche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/main%20gauche. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"main gauche." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/main%20gauche.

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@misc{main_gauche_2026,
  title = {main gauche},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/main%20gauche},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}