handcarry

• hand-carry, hand carry

hand +‎ carry

handcarry (third-person singular simple present handcarries, present participle handcarrying, simple past and past participle handcarried)

1. To transport and deliver in person.
   • 1971, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Fraud and Corruption in Management of Military Club Systems:

     He handcarried it all the way. sir. It took him 30 days.

   • 1972, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance, Study of the Securities Industry:

     Limit orders are handcarried to a typist who types the order information onto file cards which are then handcarried to the main order room clerk who monitors the orders to insure their execution.

   • 2003, US Department Of Defense, Special Authorization and Procedures for Issues, Sales, and Loans: Army Regulation 725-1:

     When feasible, the chronometer should be handcarried from the appropriate Navy supply facility to the Army installation or vessel where the instrument is to be used.

handcarry (plural handcarries)

1. (Philippines) carry-on (luggage)