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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOWNSTROKE

DOWNSTROKE Down "stroke `, n. (Penmanship )

 

Defn: A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

downstroke

down stroke |ˈdounˌstrōk ˈdaʊnstroʊk | ▶noun a stroke made downward: he writes the figure seven with a line through the downstroke | the blade angles back on the downstroke.

 

Oxford Dictionary

downstroke

down |stroke |ˈdaʊnstrəʊk | ▶noun a stroke made downwards: he writes the figure seven with a line through the downstroke.