overheight

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adjective

Higher than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) higher than is allowed.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Higher than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) higher than is allowed.
nounoverheight (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawAn excess of height.
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    […] and shall pay not only the amount of the permit fee for overlength, overheight, overwidth or overweight as might be due, but an additional civil penalty of fifty dollars for the first offense, one hundred dollars for the second offense and one hundred fifty dollars for each additional offense; […]

    1976, Acts of the Legislature, volume 1, Louisiana, page 445

Origin

From over- + height.

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APA

overheight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overheight

MLA

“overheight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overheight. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overheight,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overheight.

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