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noun

Overhang n. (Arch.)

1.

In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

2.

Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.

3.

(Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

4.

(Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.

verb

Overhang v. t. (past & past part. overhung; pres. part. overhanging)

1.

To impend or hang over. (R.)

2.

To hang over; to jut or project over.

Overhang v. i. (past & past part. overhung; pres. part. overhanging) To jut over.

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Etymology of 'Overhang'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Overhang" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Stirlingshire, they crossed Graham's Dike;** and pursuing their course westward, left Stirling Castle far to the right. They ascended the Ochil Hills, and proceeding along the wooded heights which overhang the banks of Teith, forded that river, and entered at once into the broad valley which opened to them a distant view of Ben Lomond ...

— The Scottish Chiefs • Miss Jane Porter

... backward, twisting as best she could with the skis clinging to her feet, clutching with her hands at anything her fingers might touch. She heard a splash, knew that the overhang of snow had dropped into the river, knew that one ski was hanging over the brink. And then the hand that had gripped at the smooth snow sank down and clutched the top of a small, hidden pine, she drew herself up and back and in a moment, ...

— The Short Cut • Jackson Gregory

... in a corner under the overhang of the balcony, watching, but discouraging conversation. If one had studied his face during the early proceedings he would have read nothing except a genial interest, which was the thing Coldriver expected to see on Scattergood's face. Town questions were decided, ...

— Scattergood Baines • Clarence Budington Kelland

... seaman in clean shore togs. "Ships"- -and his keen glance, turning away from my face, ran along the vista of magnificent figure-heads that in the late seventies used to overhang in a serried rank the muddy pavement by the side of the New South Dock—"ships are all right; it's the men in ...

— The Mirror of the Sea • Joseph Conrad

... upon Keeko as she contemplated the overhang of the tree. It was almost at right angles to the face of the cliff. It projected out nearly thirty feet, and below—Her woman's heart could not repress a shudder at the thought of the three hundred feet drop to the rocky ...

— The Heart of Unaga • Ridgwell Cullum

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