1. (a.) Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.

2. (a.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side.

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