Other forms: overhangs
An overhang is rock that leans out further than the ground below. Climb the overhang, shelter under the overhang, a huge overhang.
It is the hardest thing in climbing, since the whole weight hangs from the arms rather than resting on the feet. It also gives shelter, and prehistoric people lived under them constantly, which is why so many painted sites are on such walls.
1nounoverhangRock that leans out further than the ground below.
“The path runs beneath a rocky overhang, so tall walkers have to duck.”
overhang is a rock formation.
Old English oferhangan, over plus hang. The noun came much later than the verb, and it was first used of buildings whose upper storeys jutted over the street.
Old English
oferhangan
English, today
overhang
From Old English oferhangan, corresponding to over + hang.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA