underlayer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
underlayer (third-person singular simple present underlayers, present participle underlayering, simple past and past participle underlayered)
- To form a layer beneath another
References[edit]
- ^ 1849-1850, John Weale, Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering
“underlayer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.