wristwork

English

Etymology

wrist +‎ work

Noun

wristwork (uncountable)

1. (in particular, fencing) movement of the hand without movement of the arm
   • 1941 May, O. S. Nock, “The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley: Part III—The "A1" Pacifics”, in Railway Magazine, pages 196–197:

     [...] in actual fact the Gresley Pacifics are not difficult to fire; the accurate wristwork needed to shoot the coal into the back corners of the grate calls for knack rather than brute force.

References

• “wristwork”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.