overhanging

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overhang

   Charlbury, between Oxford and Worcester, is one of the few surviving Italianate stations designed by Brunel. Built in 1853, it is characterised by the broad overhanging hipped roof, providing shelter at front and rear.

   2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 42, photo caption

plural overhangings

1. architectureSynonym of overhang.

   Synonyms: overhang

1. not comparablePhysically hanging over something.

   the overhanging cliff

   1 more example

   He was inspecting the old wood stove when suddenly a rooster crowed loudly, right beside him, it seemed, and Fred was so startled he whacked his head on the overhanging pie-warmer.

   2014 January 12, Dorcas Smucker, “Letter from Harrisburg: The kindest eyes always see the invisible […]”, in The Register-Guard, 147th year, number 76, Eugene, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, page E2, column 1

2. not comparableImpending; approaching.

   Before the word was spoken Carrados had had a flash of realization. It came with the nature-sense of overhanging danger, with the subtle change of intention in the arm that touched his own, with the slight chirrup of a stoppered phial being opened—but it came too late.

   1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries