Modifies a noun

• goal: You scored a typical DC short-handed goal when you came back to Coventry, that must have been fun?

• game: In fact, you should bet more aggressively in a short-handed game than in a full game.

Used with adjective complement

• sail: For a relatively small boat the Channel 245 has an immense living space, boat with full standing headroom and easy to sail short-handed.