underdraw
English
Etymology
From under- + draw.
Verb
underdraw (third-person singular simple present underdraws, present participle underdrawing, simple past underdrew, past participle underdrawn)
- (transitive) To cover or line the underside of (a floor or roof) with plasterwork, boarding or other such treatment.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, I:
- The latter had never been underdrawn: its entire anatomy lay bare to an enquiring eye, except where a frame of wood laden with oatcakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham, concealed it.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, I:
- (transitive) To represent inadequately in an artistic depiction, or in words.