Meanings
- not comparableSupported from above, as from the underside of a wing, etc.
Fuel tanks for engines and boiler are underslung between the bogies; [...].
1961 August, “The English Electric Type 5 3,300 h.p. "Deltic" diesels for British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 4842 more examples
One day they shot a ten-pounder that had been hanging round them, melting into the grey distances and then reappearing, silent, motionless in the upper water, its angry tiger's eyes glaring at them so close that they could see its gills working softly and the teeth glinting like a wolf's along its cruel underslung jaw.
1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 188The four-wheel bogies, of the underslung equalising beam type, are steel welded fabrications.
1960 February 28, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 125 - not comparableHaving a low center of gravity.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesupported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below
adjectivehaving a lower part projecting beyond the upper
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Irish fochrochta
- fochrochtasupported from above
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