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overshot

/ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/ UK
/ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/ US

Rhymes with -ɒt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of overshoot

adjective more overshot · most overshot

powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel)
Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

noun overshots

An overshot water wheel.
A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.

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@misc{overshot_2026,
  title = {overshot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overshot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}