high-centred

adjective

stranded with all wheels off the ground.

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of high-centre
adjectivehigh-centred (not comparable)
  1. not comparablestranded with all wheels off the ground.

    Somehow, we'd become high-centred on a big boulder at the creek crossing. One back wheel was spinning wildly.

    2008, Bruce T. Batchelor, Nine Dog Winter, →ISBN, page 35
    1 more example

    When found, the vehicle was stuck, high-centred as an apparent attempt had been made to drive it through a creek bed.

    2010, T. M. Scotty Gardiner, In the Mind of a Mountie, →ISBN, page 422
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