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What is "underslung"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underslung

Underslung \Un"der*slung`\, Underhung \Un"der*hung"\, a. Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car.

Wiktionary
underslung

a. 1 supported from above (especially from the underside of a wing etc) 2 having a low center of gravity

WordNet
underslung

  1. adj. supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below

  2. having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog" [syn: underhung, undershot]

  3. having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn: squat]

Usage examples of "underslung".

The animals were slavering brutes with underslung jaws and the red eyes of killers.

Scraggly black hair hung over his close-set eyes, while two enormous tusks reached upward from his underslung jaw almost to the edge of his snoutlike nose.

They had button noses and dainty underslung jaws that, head on, gave them an appealingly chinless appearance, like pink teddy bears.