four-handed

[ fawr-han-did, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˈhæn dɪd, ˈfoʊr- /

involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game.

intended for four hands, as a piece of music for the piano.

having four hands, or four feet adapted for use as hands; quadrumanous.

Also four-hand

[fawr-hand, fohr-] /ˈfɔrˌhænd, ˈfoʊr-/ (for defs 1, 2).

Origin of four-handed

First recorded in 1765–75

We shot a good deal of game—quadruped, four-handed, and feathered.

On the Banks of the Amazon |W.H.G. Kingston
They have hitherto been classed together in the same order with Apes which Blumenbach called Quadrumana (four-handed).

The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) |Ernst Haeckel
In the four-handed game either each player plays for himself, or two adjacent players play against the other two.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 |Various
A four-handed game of snooker is in as rapid progress as is reasonably possible.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, July 25, 1917 |Various

They are the smallest and most lively of the four-handed family, and in all caravans, they are the favorites of young observers.

Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom |Samuel Griswold Goodrich

four-handed

(of a card game) arranged for four players

(of a musical composition) written for two performers at the same piano

four-handedly, adverb