Crossword clues for overhang
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overhang \O`ver*hang"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhung; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhanging.]
To impend or hang over. [R.]
--Beau. & Fl.To hang over; to jut or project over.
--Pope.
Overhang \O`ver*hang"\, v. i.
To jut over.
--Milton.
Overhang \O`ver*hang`\, n. (Arch.)
In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.
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.
(Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
(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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"fact of overhanging," 1864, from overhang (v.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply. 2 That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building. 3 A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals, a FUPA 4 Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base such as a wave immediately before breaking or a protruding cliff or rock wall. vb. (context transitive English) To hang over (something).
WordNet
Wikipedia
Overhang may refer to:
- Debt overhang, a fiscal situation of a government
- Market overhang, a concept in marketing
- Monetary overhang, a phenomenon where people have money holdings due to the lack of ability to spend them
- Overhang seat, a constituency seat in excess of a party's entitlement
- Overhang (architecture), a protruding structure which may provide protection for lower levels, such as overhanging eaves
- Overhang (automotive), the part of a road vehicle's length that is outside of the wheelbase
- Overhang (rock formation), part of a rock face that exceeds the vertical
Overhangs are the lengths of a car which extend beyond the wheelbase at the front and rear. They are normally described as front overhang and rear overhang. Practicality, style, and performance are affected by the size and weight of overhangs.
Along with clearance, length of overhangs affects the approach and departure angles, which measure the vehicle's ability to overcome steep obstacles and rough terrain. The longer the front overhang, the smaller is the approach angle, and thus lesser the car's ability to climb or descend steep ramps without damaging the front bumpers.
An overhang in architecture is a protruding structure which may provide protection for lower levels. Overhangs on two sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns protect doors, windows, and other lower level structure. Overhangs on all four sides of barns is common in Swiss architecture. An Overhanging eave is the edge of a roof, protruding outwards, beyond the side of the building generally to provide weather protection.
An overhang is a rock face or artificial climbing wall with a slope of more than 90°, i.e. it slopes beyond the vertical. Particularly severe overhangs that reach, or nearly reach, the horizontal, are referred to as a roof.
In climbing, overhangs and especially roofs place special demands both in terms of technique and equipment as well as the constitution of the sportsman or sportswoman. With increasing steepness the loading on arm and hand muscles increases, because the feet can support less and less of the body weight. Rest points where the muscles can be relaxed, especially no-hands rests, are rarely found in overhangs. Climbing techniques to tackle overhangs include placing the body's centre of mass as close as possible to the rock and striving for the highest possible body tension (German: Körperspannung). Many climbing techniques such as the foothook are almost exclusively used in overhangs and roofs. For a long time in Alpine climbing, roofs were almost always tacked using climbing aids. By contrast, in modern sport climbing, severely overhanging terrain is no longer a rarity, because climbing halls frequently include overhangs and roofs.
A well-known natural example of severely overhanging terrain is the rook in the north face of the Western Zinne, whose upper end is about 40 metres horizontally from the foot of the rock face. Severe climbing routes that feature overhangs and roofs include Separate Reality in the USA and La Rambla in Spain.
Usage examples of "overhang".
Pierrelatte, that enormous block of stone which overhangs the place where they dwell, a reef which rises from the surface of the ancient sea of alluvium, compared with these blocks of uprooted granite which lie upon the hillsides here?
So Thistle gladly went with him, and soon they came to a pleasant garden, where among the fairest flowers stood the hive, covered with vines and overhung with blossoming trees.
Threading the briery dell, and following the brook that prattled down the steep slope, I climbed the hill which directly overhangs the hamlet.
The flesh was weary, the spirit faint, and I was getting out of humor with the bustling busy throng through which I had to struggle, when in a fit of desperation I tore my way through the crowd, plunged into a by-lane, and, after passing through several obscure nooks and angles, emerged into a quaint and quiet court with a grassplot in the centre overhung by elms, and kept perpetually fresh and green by a fountain with its sparkling jet of water.
Thus, surprisingly, and despite the overhanging shadow of Montayne, the company climate suddenly looked brighter.
The bottom of this valley was filled by a little lake, and while I was exploring the shores of this I saw, hidden underneath an overhanging ledge of rock, a couple of courses of that wonderful mortarless masonry which the Incas alone seemed to know how to build.
Then came the pulsating monotone of the frogs from a far-off pool, the harsh cry of an owl from an old tree that overhung it, the splash of a mink or musquash, and nearer by, the light step of a woodchuck, as he cantered off in his quiet way to his hole in the nearest bank.
Ayla watched the ungainly-seeming animal with the overhanging nose and large palmate antlers, still in velvet, walking into the marsh.
It was Passepartout himself, who had slipped upon the pyre in the midst of the smoke and, profiting by the still overhanging darkness, had delivered the young woman from death!
Already she could feel her percipience fading, eroded by the tainted pall which overhung the Land.
Henley approached the steps Pitman and his wife, hearing the click of the gate-latch, came out on the porch, which was shaded by overhanging vines, and stood staring blankly at him.
So purty soon he pitched right into the cliff-wall and he lammed it so hard with his hind hoofs that a whole section of overhanging rock was jolted loose and hit him right between the ears.
I have been privileged to become aware of the singing of a quiet tune, some of the phrases of which were directly derivative from inarticulate vegetation--the thud of glossy blue quandongs on the soft floor of the jungle, the clicking of a discarded leaf as it fell from topmost twigs down through the strata of foliage, the bursting of a seed-pod, the patter of rejects from the million pink-fruited fig, overhanging the beach, the whisper of leaves, the faint squeal where interlocked branches fret each other unceasingly, the sigh of phantom zephyrs too elusive to be felt.
And where the Scaum wallows through a broad dale, purple with horse-blossom, pocked white and gray with crumbling castles, the Derna has sheered a steep canyon, overhung by forested bluffs.
The storehouses were rectangular, with steep roofs that had a wide overhang on all sides, and screened ventilators at the ends.