barehanded

[ bair-han-did ]

/ ˈbɛərˈhæn dɪd /

with hands uncovered: He caught the baseball barehanded.

without tools, weapons, or other means: foolishly coming barehanded to the besieged city.

Origin of barehanded

First recorded in 1400–50, barehanded is from the late Middle English word bare-handyd. See bare¹, handed

He arose on shaky legs and desperately offered to prove his fitness by a barehanded six-round bout with his commanding officer.

The Pathless Trail |Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
Wouldn't it have been better to attack the Indians barehanded and be killed than to let that happen?

Shaman |Robert Shea
In a barehanded fight I'd bite your ears off and ram 'em down your throat.

Shaman |Robert Shea
The boys were up there mixing it barehanded with four Germans armed with machine guns.

A Yankee Flier in Italy |Rutherford G. Montgomery

Anyway we fell into each other's arms and went at it barehanded.

A Yankee in the Trenches |R. Derby Holmes

barehanded

/ (ˌbɛəˈhændɪd) /

without weapons, tools, etc

with hands uncovered