OVERHANG

I. verb (overhung; -hanging) Date: 1592 transitive verb to project over, to impend over ; threaten , intransitive verb to project so as to be over something, II. noun Date: 1864 something that ~s, the part of the bow or stern of a ship that projects over the water above the waterline, a projection of the roof or upper story of a building beyond the wall of the lower part, an excess amount of a commodity or security the selling of which often drives down the value of that kind of commodity or security