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underslung en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From under- + slung.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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 cruel underslung jaw. 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 14, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 125:
    • Fuel tanks for engines and boiler are underslung between the bogies; [...]. 1961 August, “The English Electric Type 5 3,300 h.p. "Deltic" diesels for British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 484:
  2. (not-comparable) Having a low center of gravity.

Translations (2)

ga fochrochta (supported from above) · gv fo-croghit (supported from above)