Overshot (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.
  2. having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, as a dog.
verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of overshoot.
noun
  1. (in weaving) a pattern formed when filling threads are passed over several warp threads at a time.
adjective
  1. having or designating an upper jaw that projects beyond the lower jaw, esp when considered as an abnormality
  2. (of a water wheel) driven by a flow of water that passes over the wheel rather than under it
Overshot (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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