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Definition of Overhung
1. a. Covered over; ornamented with hangings.
Definition of Overhung
1. Verb. (past of overhang) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overhung
1. overhang [v] - See also: overhang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overhung
Literary usage of Overhung
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Steam-engine Design: For the Use of Mechanical Engineers, Students, and by Jay Manuel Whitham (1889)
"We will first assume an overhung crank-pin. It is evident that the pin will be
... The diameter of a wrought-iron overhung crank-pin for strength will be ..."
2. A Manual of Marine Engineering: comprising the designing, construction and by A. E. Seaton (1890)
"overhung Crank.—The simplest form of crank is what is usually known as the overhung
crank, such as usually fitted in land engines, and only found now in ..."
3. The Eastern Alps, Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"... wliich is overhung by the steep rocky walls uf the Hintere Kaiser. [Round the N.
side of the lake to (3/4 hr. ..."
4. An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova-Scotia by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1829)
"... of that formation which admits of the most fantastical appearances, being
shaped by the waters, and are in most places fringed and overhung by trees of ..."
5. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"... on which is sculptured a fine female figure, bearing an inverted torch, and
mournfully reclining on an urn overhung by a drooping willow. ..."
6. The Wild Rose of the Beaver: And Tononqua, the Pride of the Wyandots. Two by Rudolph Leonhart (1886)
"... and when the chief cast a glance at the black clouds which overhung the sky,
he knew that a thunder storm of un- Usual vehemence was brewing. ..."
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