undercoat

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
noun the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
noun thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair

From under- + coat.

He has an undercoat which is very thick and woolly. — The Burgess Animal Book for Children, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
A great crucifix of silver, the Man of Sorrows depending dolorously from its arms and backed up by a plaque of silver so that it resembled a porter's badge, depended over the black buttons of his undercoat. — The Fifth Queen Crowned, Ford Madox Ford
In addition to all these, they had patent overcoats and undercoats, patent hats and patent boots, gum-elastic bed-covers, and portable gutta-percha floors for tents; ropes, cords, horse-shoes, bits, saddles and bridles, bags of oats, fancy packs for horses, and locomotive pegs for hanging guns on, besides many other articles commonly deemed useful in foreign countries by gentlemen of the British Islands who go abroad to rough it. — The Land of Thor, J. Ross (John Ross) Browne

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