See Also: cantilever(dictionary)
cantilever(encyclopedia)
cantilever(dictionary)
cantilever beam(medicine)
cantilever bridge(medicine)
Cantilever bridge(health)

wigging (iou) and cantilever (iou)


wigging (iou)



wigging noun. colloq. E19.
[from WIG noun3 or WIG verb + -ING1.]
A severe reprimand; a scolding.
D. Acheson Woodward and I were prepared for a good wigging for sloppy work.

cantilever (iou)



cantilever noun. M17.
[Origin unkn.]
A long projecting bracket supporting a balcony, cornice, etc. M17.
A long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, esp. in bridge-construction. M19.
Comb.: cantilever bridge: with piers each of which has two cantilevers, and long girders connecting the cantilevers of adjacent piers.
cantilevered adjective projecting like or supported by a cantilever E20.