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ˈunderslung, ppl. a.
[under-1 4 a.]
a. Mech. That is slung under (another part, etc.), or from the under part of (something).
1909in Webster. 1920Sci. Amer. 30 Oct. 453/1 Those who have had to do with the handling of lumber have..discovered that..shapes long and narrow..are frequently best manipulated by the aid of an underslung carriage. 1924S. R. Roget Dict. Electr. Terms 282/1 Underslung Monorail Railway. See Suspended Railway. 1932S. C. H. Davis Motor Racing v. 74 The whole of the front axle had parted from its underslung spring on one side. 1951Engineering 14 Sept. 329/1 A marine Diesel engine has an under-slung crankshaft. 1968Gloss. Terms Materials Handling (B.S.I.) iv. 8 Under-slung crane, a crane in which the travelling end carriage wheels run on the lower flanges of the gantry beams. 1982Daily Tel. 24 May 5/6 Helicopters..hover to lift underslung loads.
b. In various transf. and fig. uses.
1931‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 216 To get under⁓slung, means to ride under a train and have the shacks [brakemen] throw things at you, or to have them drag a piece of iron on a string under the car so that, bounding up and down, it will punish you plenty. 1931F. L. Allen Only Yesterday vi. 130 Charles G. Dawes..entranced the newspaper-reading public with his picturesque language, his underslung pipe, and his broom-waving histrionics. 1940Amer. Speech XV. 248 Though his figure is somewhat underslung, he is by way of being a sportsman. 1978S. Sheldon Bloodline xii. 163 She had a tiny potbelly, and her derrière seemed—this was the only word Elizabeth could think of—underslung. |