Definition of "downstroke" []

• A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes. (noun)

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• "One of my favourite players, Herschel Sizemore, on his tuition DVD, states that the Monroe 'downstroke' style was just too hard for him to do, so he developed the 'other' Monroe style, the 'fiddle' style of playing."
• "It had complete plumage with fully developed flight feathers and a large wishbone for the attachment of strong muscles for the downstroke of the wings."
• "Their ghostly appearance is enhanced by the fact that the undersides of their chalk-white wings are dark brown, so with every upstroke they seem to disappear in the moonlight, then reappear on the downstroke."