underlayer
English
Etymology
under- + layer
Noun
underlayer (plural underlayers)
- A layer that is below another layer.
- Synonyms: substrate, substratum
- (mining) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.[1]
- One who underlays.
Verb
underlayer (third-person singular simple present underlayers, present participle underlayering, simple past and past participle underlayered)
- To form a layer beneath another
References
- 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
underlayer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- unreaderly