overhanging
noun
- project over the edge of something, in a cantilevering manner
Wiktionary
adj
- Physically hanging over something.
“the overhanging cliff”
- Impending; approaching.
“Before the word was spoken Carrados had had a flash of realization. It came with the nature-sense of overhanging danger, with the subtle change of intention in the arm that touched his own, with the slight chirrup of a stoppered phial being opened—but it came too late.”
noun
- Synonym of overhang.
verb
- present participle and gerund of overhang
“Charlbury, between Oxford and Worcester, is one of the few surviving Italianate stations designed by Brunel. Built in 1853, it is characterised by the broad overhanging hipped roof, providing shelter at front and rear.”