Category:Underrun

Un`der*run", v. t.

Defn: to run or pass under; especially (naut.), to pass along and Under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining It.

Note: the cable passes over the bows and stern of the boat used, While the men haul the boat along by pulling upon the cable. Totten. To underrun a tackle (naut.), to separate its parts and put them in Order.