Underhung
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Underhung is an adjective meaning Hung or suspended from above.
Meaning
Hung or suspended from above.
More Meanings
- Having the lower jaw projecting.
- Of a sliding door: resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended.
Example Sentences
Slidebars of the three-bar type are provided in conjunction with an underhung crosshead.
His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buck-teeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin.
Usually, [railroad] car doors slide on the top door-track, being then termed overhung doors; the underhung door being one supported and sliding on a rail below the door.
[H]e was marked with small-pox, had large features, high cheek-bones, deeply set eyes, and a very long chin; and had got the trick which many underhung men have of compressing the upper lip.
Synonyms for underhung
Depending on context, synonyms include supported, protrusive, underslung, undershot.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protrusive, supported, undershot, underslung, dangling, undermount.
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