upstruck

adj

upstruck

adj

Etymology From up- + struck.

1

Protruding upwards.

  • The inventor claims: An umbrella attachment, comprising a tube haying a relatively shallow circumferential groove, a flange located at one side of the groove and having an upstruck peripheral portion, […]1915, Luggage and Leather Goods, volumes 35-36, page 488:
  • […] an upper cradle, and an intermediate interconnecting leg support, said plate being in the form of a generally rectangular, elongated, sheet metal stamping having a pair of marginal upstruck reinforcing ribs along its side edges […]1964, Canadian Patent Office Record, volume 92, page 6334:
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