left-hand vs sinistral

left-hand

adj
  • of, relating to, or located on the left 

  • in the opposite direction or orientation to the right-hand rule 

  • designed for use by the left hand 

sinistral

adj
  • Of, facing, or on the left side. 

  • Having left lateral fault movement. 

  • Left-handed. 

  • Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed. 

noun
  • A left-handed individual. 

How often have the words left-hand and sinistral occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )