Definition of "overspeed"

overspeed

/ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/

verb
third-person singular simple present overspeeds, present participle overspeeding, simple past and past participle (mostly US) oversped or (mostly UK) overspeeded
1. (intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate.
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  Caully-flowers over-speeding to pome and head..should be quite erradicated [sic – meaning eradicated].
  1691, John Evelyn, Kalendarium Hortense
2. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, chiefly mechanics) To operate an engine or machine too fast.
  Quotations
  The device should be periodically tested by overspeeding the engine say once a month.
  1949, A. C. Walshaw, Heat Engines (3 ed.)
3. (India, intransitive) To speed; to drive a vehicle faster than the permitted speed limit.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural overspeeds
1. Speed that exceeds a reasonable or permitted rate.
  Quotations
  Trashes are clogs strapped round the neck of a dog to prevent his overspeed.
  1826, Samuel Weller Singer, The Dramatic Works Of William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark. King Lear...
  Protection devices are provided for engine and locomotive overspeed (maximum service speed is set at 90 m.p.h.); [...].
  1961 July, “The Hymek Type 3 diesel locomotive for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 437
  Investigating four 'overspeed' incidents during hot weather on July 18/19, RAIB discovered that confusion over where the BESRs [blanket emergency speed restrictions] started and finished, as well as the routes to which they applied, were contributory factors. […] There were no consequences from the overspeeds, [resulting from the BESRs] which had been put in place owing to danger of buckled rails.
  2022 December 14, “Network News: RAIB issues briefing on emergency speed restrictions”, in RAIL, number 972, page 16

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