Underengined
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Underengined is an adjective meaning having too small an engine in relation to its size.
Meaning
having too small an engine in relation to its size.
Example Sentences
1889-1913, Rudyard Kipling, "From Sea to Sea", From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel Only under the most favorable circumstances of wind and steam can their underengined boats cover the distance in fifteen days. Our City of Peking, for instance, had been jogging along at a gentle ten knots an hour, a pace out of all proportion to her bulk.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lean-burn, undercarriaged, motor, underdrive, auxiliary, diesel-hydraulic.
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