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Overhung means simple past and past participle of overhang.
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/oʊvəɹˈhʌŋ/ · verb
simple past and past participle of overhang.
[T]he former, is but a vacant edifice; gilded, it may be, and overhung with old votive gifts, yet useless, nay pestilentially unclean[.]
an overhung door
Though almost engulfed by Bedford, Elstow's claim to villagedom is still maintained by two fine rows of timber-framed, overhung, black-and-white cottages and the timber and herringbone-brick Swan pub.
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Overhung means simple past and past participle of overhang.
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[T]he former, is but a vacant edifice; gilded, it may be, and overhung with old votive gifts, yet useless, nay pestilentially unclean[.]
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