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Meaning of PENSILE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pen"sile\, a. [L. pensilis, fr. pendere to hang: cf.
OE. pensil. See {Pendant}.]
Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. --Bacon.

      The long, pensile branches of the birches. --W. Howitt.

 

 

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