[
UK
/ˌʌndəkˈəʊt/
]
[ US /ˈəndɝˌkoʊt/ ]
[ US /ˈəndɝˌkoʊt/ ]
NOUN
- seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
- thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
VERB
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
How To Use undercoat In A Sentence
- But other extras, such as undercoating or fabric protection, are unnecessary and only add to your costs.
- The soft undercoat will shed out twice a year, but regular combing will keep that under control.
- The lift was inoperable, the walls had been left with barely an undercoat on them and there was bare screed on the floors.
- Sometimes his pigment catches the canvas threads dryly, leaving the dips of the rough weave coloured only by the undercoat.
- Masking taped the spare room or as I refer to it - the DVD room on Saturday, then kaffles and I undercoated it with some old paint she had at her place. October 22nd, 2007
- So touches of the red metal undercoat would serve to indicate what ought to be green. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
- The walls were painted only in a sickly yellow undercoat, and even that was peeling.
- I don't think undercoating is going to do much in this situation.
- A second, freshly carved frame lay on another table, undercoated with red, awaiting its next layer.
- The Chinook has a double coat comprising long guard hairs over a soft, short undercoat.