Backhand \Back"hand`\, n. [Back, adv. + hand.] A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Backhand \Back"hand`\, a.1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]