underhung

American  

[uhn-der-huhng] / ˌʌn dərˈhʌŋ /

adjective

1. Anatomy.

   1. (of the lower jaw) projecting beyond the upper jaw.

   2. having the lower jaw so projecting.

2. resting on a track beneath instead of being overhung, as a sliding door.

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underhung British  

/ ˌʌndəˈhʌŋ /

adjective

1. (of the lower jaw) projecting beyond the upper jaw; undershot

2. (of a sliding door, etc) supported at its lower edge by a track or rail

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Etymology

Origin of underhung

First recorded in 1675–85; under- + hung

Example Sentences

Means has a bullet head, small bright eyes, an ingratiating smile, a round chin underhung with a fat neck.

From Time Magazine Archive

His mouth was underhung, giving him a pugnacious and bad-tempered appearance.

From The Red Redmaynes by Phillpotts, Eden

He was a clean-shaven man, with bony forehead, sunken cheeks, and an underhung mouth.

From The Vultures by Merriman, Henry Seton

Silvestro was hand in hand with Petruccio and another boy, called Mastino because he was heavy-jowled and underhung.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

"They're getting it!" laughed a pale youth with an underhung jaw.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence