overballastv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbaləst/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbæləst/

Forms: see over- prefix and ballast v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, ballast v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + ballast v.In some examples apparently confused with overbalance v.; compare note s.v. ballast v.

transitive. To overload (a ship) with ballast; to provide (a vehicle, etc.) with excessive weight of ballast. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > supply with ballast > excessively

overballast1600

1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. xl. sig. Cc4 A shippe ouer-ballasted in the middest of the ocean.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse sig. E5^v If we doe not ouerballise our stomachs with superfluity.

1778 C. Clerke in J. Cook Jrnl. Jan. in Voy. ‘Resolution’ & ‘Discov.’ (1967) III. 1321 The pieces of board..must be devilishly overballasted.

1815 W. Kershaw in A. Ponsonby More Eng. Diaries (1927) 184 Made my entry on the Course after sunset in my new vehicle—very nigh spilt my companion who being rather weighty overballasted the Tilbury in a short time.—Scandal says it was bad driving.

1990 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Apr. Too much American writing has concentrated on absorbing and merely representing the surrounding fragmentation. The result has been a fiction that is over-ballasted and lacking any moral compass.

1992 Successful Farming (Nexis) 90 44 All ten of the tractors tested were over-ballasted for the field speeds used and soil types.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overballast
释义	overballastv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbaləst/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbæləst/ Forms: see over- prefix and ballast v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, ballast v. Etymology: < over- prefix + ballast v.In some examples apparently confused with overbalance v.; compare note s.v. ballast v. transitive. To overload (a ship) with ballast; to provide (a vehicle, etc.) with excessive weight of ballast. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > supply with ballast > excessively overballast1600 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. xl. sig. Cc4 A shippe ouer-ballasted in the middest of the ocean. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse sig. E5^v If we doe not ouerballise our stomachs with superfluity. 1778 C. Clerke in J. Cook Jrnl. Jan. in Voy. ‘Resolution’ & ‘Discov.’ (1967) III. 1321 The pieces of board..must be devilishly overballasted. 1815 W. Kershaw in A. Ponsonby More Eng. Diaries (1927) 184 Made my entry on the Course after sunset in my new vehicle—very nigh spilt my companion who being rather weighty overballasted the Tilbury in a short time.—Scandal says it was bad driving. 1990 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Apr. Too much American writing has concentrated on absorbing and merely representing the surrounding fragmentation. The result has been a fiction that is over-ballasted and lacking any moral compass. 1992 Successful Farming (Nexis) 90 44 All ten of the tractors tested were over-ballasted for the field speeds used and soil types. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1600
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