hand-signallinghand-signalingn.
/ˈhandˌsɪɡnəlɪŋ/, /ˈhandˌsɪɡnl̩ɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhændˌsɪɡnəlɪŋ/ The action or practice of employing a hand signal (in various senses); (also) a system of hand signals; hand signals collectively.
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hand-signalling1858
1858 Rep. Select Comm. Accidents on Railways in Rep. from Comm. (House of Commons) XIV. 174 What is the nature of the hand signalling?—By day they have flags... By night it is done by means of lamps.
1874 Philos. Mag. & Jrnl. Sci. Aug. 126 So long as hand signalling is used a certain variation in the speed of signalling will always exist.
1934 Rotarian Aug. 60/2 An attempt at simplification in the matter of hand-signalling was made last year.
1990 H. Teller Bridges of Steel 114 The officer stopped his hand-signaling and whistle-blowing for a moment.
2010 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 14 Oct. 42 She has developed a method of hand-signalling so that the boat's coxswain can give her instructions during a race.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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