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Underhung   Listen
adjective
Underhung  adj.  
1.
(Carp.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; said of a sliding door.
2.
Having the lower jaw projecting.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Underhung" Quotes from Famous Books



... deep-chested, and with long powerful arms and hands. There was no denying, however, that at the first glance he was an ugly man; he was marked with small-pox, had large features, high cheekbones, deeply set eyes, and a very long chin; and had got the trick which many underhung men have of compressing his upper lip. Nevertheless, there was that in his face which hit Tom's fancy, and made him anxious to know his rescuer better. He had an instinct that good was to be gotten out of him. So he was very glad when the search was ended, ...
— Tom Brown at Oxford • Thomas Hughes



Words linked to "Underhung" :   protrusive, undershot



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