Underhung

Word UNDERHUNG
Character 9
Hyphenation un der hung
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Underhung"

What do we mean by underhung?

Supported from above, as a crane that moves along a track supported from a beam. adjective

Projecting beyond the upper jaw: applied to the under jaw.

Having the under jaw projecting beyond the upper jaw.

Suspended or hung in such a manner that the elements which carry the weight or load are below the load they carry, but the links connecting the two are in tension.

Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door. adjective

Having the lower jaw projecting. adjective

Hung or suspended from above adjective

Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; said of a sliding door. adjective

Having the lower jaw projecting. adjective

Having a lower part projecting beyond the upper adjective

Supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above adjective

Hung or suspended from above

Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; said of a sliding door.

Having the lower jaw projecting.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Underhung

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The word "underhung" in example sentences

So was his face square, wide between the cheekbones, underhung with massive jaws, and topped with a broad, intelligent forehead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His eyes were underhung with flabby half-moon plums. ❋ Kathy Reichs (2010)

His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buck-teeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin. ❋ Unknown (2006)

We reached the naked abutment, and drew ourselves forward on our faces in the shadow of its rails till we could nearly touch the grey skeleton of underhung girders, and see the single sentry leaning against the other abutment, sixty yards across the gulf. ❋ Thomas Edward (2003)

Shitbird criminals like that are always underhung. ❋ Ellroy, James (1994)

His tawny beard concealed a jaw underhung, a chin jutting and dangerous. ❋ Lyndon Orr (N/A)

Even Mouthed -- A term used to describe a dog whose jaws are neither overhung nor underhung. ❋ Edward Axtell (N/A)

His jaw was heavy and slightly underhung, and his neck was thick and coarse. ❋ Various (N/A)

Silvestro was hand in hand with Petruccio and another boy, called Mastino because he was heavy-jowled and underhung. ❋ Maurice Henry Hewlett (N/A)

The others eyed him from serious, underhung faces. ❋ Sara Jeannette Duncan (N/A)

He was tall and big-boned like his sister and possessed her wide head, but he was a far more nervous subject and his jaw was underhung and finer. ❋ Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 (1949)

A shadow of tragedy, irreproachably genuine, passed over his bald face with the underhung jaw, but he had himself well in hand. ❋ Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 (1949)

Hoover, with his broad forehead, round face, compelling eyes, and underhung jaw, became the benevolent bogey of the nation. ❋ Charles Seymour (1924)

Our French Allies employ a light wheeled stretcher, with a pair of relatively high bicycle wheels, which is ingeniously underhung, so that a single man, after placing the wounded and his belongings on the stretcher while on the ground, can bring the pair of wheels over him, and by raising one end of the stretcher, hitch it on to the wheels and trundle him away. ❋ John George (1918)

"They're getting it!" laughed a pale youth with an underhung jaw. ❋ Laurence Housman (1912)

His mouth was underhung, giving him a pugnacious and bad-tempered appearance. ❋ Eden Phillpotts (1911)

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