high center

present singular third person high centers · participle present high centering · participle past high centered · past high centered

1. transitiveTo cause (a vehicle) to become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

   The banks on either side of the creek were high enough to high center the long trailer house.

   2010, Stephen L. Wood, The Traveller: Notes from an Imperfect Journey Around the World., →ISBN, page 35

2. intransitiveTo become stranded with all wheels off the ground.

   A high or sharp breakover tends to cause wheeled vehicles to high center (hang up on the frame midway between the axles).

   2007, Ellis John, John W. Lee, Police Analysis and Planning for Homicide Bombings, →ISBN, page 196

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   When snow gets high enough, it causes a vehicle to ride up on it and high center, with the weight on the undercarriage, not on the wheels.

   2010, David Nazar, The Romantic Psychedelic Revolutionary, →ISBN, page 191