undercoat

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ coat.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

Noun

undercoat (plural undercoats)

1. A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur
2. 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.

3. (obsolete) A coat for wearing indoors, under an overcoat.

Related terms

• overcoat, topcoat

Translations

layer of soft hair

• Finnish: aluskarva
• Slovene: podlanka f

coat of paint applied before a topcoat

• Finnish: pohjamaali (primer); välimaali (layer between primer and topcoat)
• French: sous-couche (fr) f
• Hungarian: alapozó (hu), alapozó festék/réteg, alapréteg (hu), alapozás (hu)
• Irish: fo-bhrat m
• Maori: kiriwai

Verb

undercoat (third-person singular simple present undercoats, present participle undercoating, simple past and past participle undercoated)

1. (transitive) To apply an undercoat to.

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