oversail

English

Etymology 1

From over- +‎ sail.

Pronunciation

Verb

oversail (third-person singular simple present oversails, present participle oversailing, simple past and past participle oversailed)

  1. (transitive, architecture) To project from a structure above (something); to overhang.
  2. (law) To project over (as of a crane, bridge or cables over neighbouring property); especially in relation to any legal right to do so.

Etymology 2

Deverbal.

Pronunciation

Noun

oversail (plural oversails)

  1. (architecture, law) The projection of something from a structure.

References

William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “oversail”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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