underslung
IPA: ˈʌndɝsɫˈʌŋ
adjective
- supported from above (especially from the underside of a wing etc)
- having a low center of gravity
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Examples of "underslung" in Sentences
- Rudder is underslung and leading to a tiller, not a wheel.
- For me, the best hog gun is till the M16 with an underslung M203, 40 mm grenade launcher.
- The cylinders' downpipes merge in an underslung exhaust nacelle that looks like it should vent ionized plasma.
- I Cloroxed and rinsed her ten-gallon water tank and filled it with fresh water; topped off her underslung propane tank.
- "You two keep that up," she said to us sternly when she found us practicing in the front parlor, "you're going to get underslung jaws like Charles II."
- As usual - shoal keel and underslung rudder, with two masts and a cross between the junk and the Scottish lug rig, stylistically more suited to the longboat.
- The Eagle's shape, normally sleek and deadly with the sharp tips of air-to-air missiles protruding from the wings like talons, was now marred by the heavy mass of underslung ordnance.
- A long elegant neck, coning down to a sharpened tip on one end and flaring slightly towards the stern, with chrome testicles like underslung engines, streamlined to minimise air resistance.
- Rounds from our underslung grenade launchers were doing damage to a lush green tree-line directly opposite us and all along the enemy positions verdant foliage was spinning into the air, shredded by bullets passing through it.
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