proper left
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]proper (in the sense of "its own") + left; from Latin proprius.
Noun
[edit]- The direction which is to the left from an object's perspective, the direction 90 degrees counter-clockwise from the front.
- 2006 April, Jean M Burks, “Quebec country furniture at the Shelburne Museum”, in Magazine Antiques, volume 169, number 4, page 124:
- The key in the lock served to open the proper left-hand door, while the proper right door was secured by a hook and eye of forged iron […]
- 2009, Stephanie E. Hornbeck, “A Conservation Conundrum”, in African Arts, volume 42, number 3, page 52:
- Detail of damage to plaster on proper left side of top chain
- 2012 May 2, “Search object details”, in British Museum[1], archived from the original on January 16, 2013:
- The nose and proper left ear were also inset, stone restorations, with dark resin visible surrounding the joints.