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Gravity's bluff—rock that leans out and dares you to climb upside down.
means A part of something that projects or juts out beyond the part below it, whether a ledge of rock, a roof's edge, or a debt that lingers past its time.
from A plain English compound, bolting together "over" (from Old English ofer, the same word that hovers above so much of our speech) and "hang" (Old English hangian, to be suspended). Together they describe exactly what they say: something hanging over. The literal sense of rock and roof came first; the figurative "overhang" of leftover stock, debt, or threat is a later borrowing of that same looming image.
- climbing horror
- Negative slopes force climbers to hang against gravity
- snow danger
- Cornice overhangs collapse and trigger avalanches
- architecture
- Roof overhangs shade walls and steer rainwater away
- market term
- A debt overhang strangles spending for years
half dome — granite monolith in yosemite with a 32-degree overhang on its north face, a famous climbing route
shiprock — volcanic peak in new mexico with overhanging rock formations that create roof-like geological structures
eye of the tiger — limestone overhang cave in thailand's phang nga bay, used as a film location