underwrap verb 6noun 5forms 3 verb6 •To provide with an underwrap.To make the rod “look better,” he underwrapped all the guides and finished them off with fancy, spiral windings and 3 heavy coats of varnish. — 1956 •To provide with a wrapping that will subsequently be covered or wrapped by something else.Sharp or irregular shaped parts should be underwrapped with a grade A material to cushion against puncture. — 1945 •To provide with insufficient wrappings.Personally, we feel that overwrapping is more harmful than underwrapping in measles as well as in many other conditions. — 1935 •To wrap the underside of something.In M. dekayi the under face of suspensorium is underwrapped by prootic, by the exoccipital in missuriensis. — 1869 •To wrap such that the wrapping does not go all the way to the edge. •To underlap.The rails are formed at their ends to underwrap each other, as (f f.) — 1833 noun5 •A lightweight foam that is applied to the skin to reduce irritation before wrapping with supportive tape.Tape removal is done using specialized scissors or tape-cutting devices designed to slip under the tape and underwrap, and quickly slice through it with no irritation to the athlete. — 2010 •A sheath that surrounds a limb and which is used under a cast.Stockingette and Tubigrip are used between the skin and the underwrap material before the plaster bandage is applied. — 1993 •An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.Begin with an underwrap that's necessary to hold the diamond pattern in place. — 1986 •The portion of a garment that is overlapped by another portion, such as the hidden part of a wrap skirt or the edge that holds buttons which is hidden when a garment is buttoned up.Buttons used with the horizontal buttonholes are sewn on the underwrap in line with the buttonhole and exactly on the centre front or back line (diag 20). — 1973 •An undergarment that consists of a cloth wrapped around the body.An ideal gift of cloth during a family ceremony would be strip woven cloth underwraps, or ser-u-rabb. — 2009 formsunderwrapped · underwrapping · underwraps
