overstructuren.
/ˈəʊvəˌstrʌktʃə/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌstrək(t)ʃər/ 1. An overarching or overlying structure. Frequently figurative; cf. superstructure n. 1.
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1863 A. Trollope N. Amer. I. 138 I slept in a tent, and managed to keep my body warm by an enormous overstructure of blankets and coats.
1914 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 22 203 Groups there are indeed with overstructures and declared common aims and methods.
1957 Hispanic Rev. 25 9 This does not mean that I would consider this didactic over-structure as detachable from the play as the pure sourciers would do.
1998 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 15 Mar. s22 ‘I wanted an overstructure that would raise your eyes.’.. Made of 8 foot by 8 foot vertical lumber and a top beam that is 3 feet by 15 feet, Rubenstein's arbor nearly reaches across the width of his 20-foot property.
2. A surviving structure. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1904 N.E.D. at Over- In ns. in the sense ‘surviving’, as..over-structure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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