overlength

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adjective

Longer than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) longer than is allowed.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Longer than is standard or (transport, law, of a vehicle) longer than is allowed.
nounoverlength (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawAn excess of length.
    1 more example

    […] 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 + length.

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Translations

German Überlänge
  • Überlängeexcess of length of a vehicle
Cite this entry
APA

overlength. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlength

MLA

“overlength.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlength. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlength,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlength.

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