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underslung

underslung adjective: supported from above, as from the underside of a wing, etc.

Adjective

underslung (not comparable)

  1. Supported from above, as from the underside of a wing, etc.
    • One day they shot a ten-pounder that had been hanging round them, melting into the grey distances and then reappearing, silent, motionless in the upper water, its angry tiger's eyes glaring at them so close that they could see its gills working softly and the teeth glinting like a wolf's along its...1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 188
    • The four-wheel bogies, of the underslung equalising beam type, are steel welded fabrications.1960 February, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 125
  2. Having a low center of gravity.

Origin of underslung

From under- + slung.

Questions about underslung

What does underslung mean?
Underslung means supported from above, as from the underside of a wing, etc.
What part of speech is underslung?
Underslung is an adjective.

Words near underslung in the dictionary

  1. underslings
  2. underslip
  3. underslips
  4. underslope
  5. underslopes
  6. underslung
  7. undersmoothed
  8. undersmoothing
  9. undersnow
  10. undersocialised
  11. undersocialized

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