vi to jut over.
2. overhang ·vt to impend or hang over.
3. overhang ·vt to hang over; to jut or project over.
4. overhang ·noun the portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
5. overhang ·noun in a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.
6. overhang ·noun specifically: the projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, ·etc.
7. overhang ·noun the projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; ·i.e., its projection beyond its bearing.