single a Cp OED single-handed 1 a, 2 a. Comb single-handed: with only one man involved; carried out by one person; cp CROSS-HANDED, HAND.
1936 SMITH 51 It was a big job to provide three meals and sleeping quarters for 125 [sealers]. There certainly were no 'single-handed' beds that night. 1971 NOSEWORTHY 243 Single-handed dance. A dance by only one person. (Probably a step-dance). Ibid Single-handed dory. A small dory, about 13 feet long in the bottom. 1915 BUTLER 48 We used to fish singlehanded up till last of caplin.
single-step: step-dance performed alone by a person.
1944 LAWTON & DEVINE 24-5 After the cotillion was finished, it was an unwritten law that each couple should dance a single step... In the single-step dancing every dancer danced to his own favorite air: and the fiddler was expected to respond to the individual demands made upon his musical repertoire.
single trace: method of harnessing an ox.
M 69-6 Single trace was a way of harnessing an ox without using a slide. The collar with a butkin tied to the end of its [traces] along with a chain tied to the middle of the butkin was used.
