widdersins

English

Adverb

widdersins (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of widdershins
   • 1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     “ […] while the challenger rode around the lists in the course of the sun — that is, from right to left — the defender made the same circuit widdersins— that is, from left to right — which is in most countries held ominous.”