oversail
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊvəˈseɪl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /oʊvəɹˈseɪl/
- Rhymes: -eɪl
Verb
oversail (third-person singular simple present oversails, present participle oversailing, simple past and past participle oversailed)
- (transitive, architecture) To project from a structure above (something); to overhang.
- (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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊvəseɪl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊvəɹseɪl/
- Rhymes: -əʊvə(ɹ)seɪl
Noun
oversail (plural oversails)
- (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.