undercoat
Englisch
editEtymology
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edit- Rhymes: -əʊt
Nomen
editundercoat (plural undercoats)
- A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur
- A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; a coloured primer.
- 2022 November 30, David Staines, “The colourful Class 69s”, in RAIL, page 54:
- The conversion process is carried out by Progress Rail at Longport, from where they are dispatched in undercoat to Eastleigh for final painting.
- (obsolete) A coat for wearing indoors, under an overcoat.
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editcoat of paint applied before a topcoat
Verb
editundercoat (third-person singular simple present undercoats, present participle undercoating, simple past and past participle undercoated)
- (transitive) To apply an undercoat to.