- oversail
- verb (of a part of a building) project beyond (a lower part).OriginC17 (orig. Scots): from over + Fr. saillir 'jut out'.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
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oversail — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: over (I) + obsolete English sail to project, sally, from Middle French saillir to sally, leap, dance more at sally transitive verb : to lay (as bricks or stones) so that one projects beyond another upon which it… … Useful english dictionary
