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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above;
- Example: "underhung sliding doors"

2. having a lower part projecting beyond the upper;
- Example: "an underhung jaw"
- Example: "undershot bulldog"
[syn: underhung, undershot, underslung]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Underslung \Un"der*slung`\, Underhung \Un"der*hung"\, a. Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Underhung \Un`der*hung"\, a. 1. (Carp.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door. --Forney. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the lower jaw projecting. --T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

underhung adj 1: supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above; "underhung sliding doors" 2: having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog" [syn: underhung, undershot, underslung]