Definitions for undercoats

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undercoats un·der·coat

Spelling: [uhn-der-koht]

IPA: /ˈʌn dərˌkoʊt/

Undercoats is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 1534 anagrams from letters in undercoats (acdenorstu).

Definitions for undercoats

noun

1. a coat or jacket worn under another.
2. Zoology. a growth of short fur or hair lying beneath a longer growth.
3. an undercoating.
4. a coat of paint or the like applied under the finishing coat.
5. a paint, sealer, or the like specially prepared for use underneath a finishing coat.

verb (used with object)

1. to apply an undercoating to.

Origin of undercoats

First recorded in 1640-50; under- + coat

Examples for undercoats

Many a smart blow was landed, but each perceived that the other wore an undercoat of linked mail which might not be pierced.

The wiry coat sheds water like a duck's back, and the undercoat keeps him warm in all weather.

Like the beaver, it is furnished with an undercoat of soft downy fur.

A fur seal naturally has fur, the hair seal has no undercoat whatever.

In the English method, where necessary, a priming or undercoat is employed.

Undercote, or undercoat; fester under the skin (coat is "cutis," skin).

Get some sort of stuff, made of sheep's clothing, I don't know what you call 'n, for to make an undercoat for the old oman.

This will act as a primer or undercoat for the succeeding coats of paint.