overshot

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/
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Verb

overshot

  1. simple past and past participle of overshoot

Adjective

an overshot waterwheel

overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)

  1. powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)
  2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

Translations

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Noun

overshot (plural overshots)

a coverlet woven in overshot
  1. An overshot water wheel.
  2. (weaving) A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.