underwrap

Meanings

Noun

• A lightweight foam that is applied to the skin to reduce irritation before wrapping with supportive tape.
• A sheath that surrounds a limb and which is used under a cast.
• 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.
• An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.
• An undergarment that consists of a cloth wrapped around the body.

Verb

• To provide with an underwrap.
• To provide with a wrapping that will subsequently be covered or wrapped by something else.
• To wrap the underside of something.
• To underlap.
• To wrap such that the wrapping does not go all the way to the edge.
• To provide with insufficient wrappings.

Origin

• From under- + wrap.