underwrap
To provide with an underwrap.
Noun
- 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, Robert C France,...
- Because the knee is a large joint, taping requires expertise. Underwrap should not be used, because adequate traction to support the joint can only be achieved by taping directly to the skin. - 2011, Paul S. Auerbach,...
- Place a strip of underwrap around the upper arm (a), keeping the biceps tense, and a strip of underwrap from the scapula to the chest (b). - 2012, Anne Keil, Strap Taping for Sports and Rehabilitation, →ISBN, page 120:
- 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, Peter Thomson, Introduction to Podopaediatrics, page 263:
- The two materials commonly used to make casts are plaster of Paris and synthetic casting, which is sometimes used with a Gore-tex underwrap. - 1996, Australian Family Physician, page 1385:
- A waterproof underwrap is available that enables the athlete to bathe without the need to protect the cast. - 2011, Peter Brukner, Karim Khan, Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine, →ISBN, page 166:
- 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, Lorraine Kloppman, Woman's Day book of sewing, →ISBN,...
- The best wrap skirt is a faux wrap; designed to include the top third of the underwrap (the skirt panel closest to you) in the side seam. - 2000, Sandra Betzina, Power Sewing Step-by-step, →ISBN, page 104:
- When finished with a waistband, an underwrap can be created with a hook fastening or button and buttonhole. - 2008, Annete Fischer, Basics Fashion Design 03: Construction, →ISBN, page 170:
- 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, Jim Mayes, How to Make and Repair Your Own Fishing Tackle:
- Underwraps are made using exactly the same techniques as guide wraps, except that no guide is wrapped down. An underwrap is usually a plain continuous wrap, although decorative wraps to make the center ring of the guide...
- Determine the length of the trim band (extended underwrap) you want on each end of the wraps. - 2013, Dale P. Clemens, Advanced Custom Rod Building, →ISBN:
- 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, M. Diouf, M. Leichtman, New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal, →ISBN:
- ...and naming ceremonies provided women with the opportunity to make visible what was ordinarily not seen: the expanse of their social network, which was quantified by the amount and length of the cloth underwraps and...
- The forms of women's wealth, their woven underwraps, were never made visible. - 2013, Mamadou Diouf, Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal, →ISBN, page 66:
Origin
From under- + wrap.
Forms
Verb
- 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, Florida Wildlife - Volumes 10-11, page 78:
- When underwrapping, always make the underwrap a lighter color thread than the guide wrapping, since a dark underwrap could show through a lighter overwrap. - 1984, Mark Thiffault, Fishermen's digest, →ISBN, page 120:
- The technique of underwrapping guides probably originated with heavier saltwater rods. - 2013, Dale P. Clemens, Advanced Custom Rod Building, →ISBN:
- 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, William C Farmer, Ordnance Field Guide: Restricted - Volume 3, page 508:
- Wrappings are underwrapped and overwrapped to a mirror-like finish. - 1955, The Fisherman - Volume 6, page 111:
- Papers coming off the press are automatically folded and put on six Newsveyor conveyors that deliver papers to the mailroom to be stacked in bundles of 30 to 40 papers, underwrapped, tied and fed into a rapid-paced...
- To wrap the underside of something.
- In M. dekayi the under face of suspensorium is underwrapped by prootic, by the exoccipital in missuriensis. - 1869, Edward Drinker Cope, Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America:
- Full spinal flexion results; the perineum is brought into a downward facing position underwrapped by the tail. - 1961, Behavior - Volumes 18-19, page 12:
- A variation of this is the well-known Matuka style, where the wing is secured to the shank, eliminating the possibility of the rear of the wing underwrapping the hook. - 1992, Lefty Kreh, Advanced Fly Fishing Techniques:
- To underlap.
- The rails are formed at their ends to underwrap each other, as (f f.) - 1833, Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine, page 85:
- Floor joists at points of entry into brickwork are underwrapped giving 100 per cent protection. - 1967, The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory, page 47:
- ... sequence an angled article support, a wrapping material feed slot, a hot wire cutter and a pedestal comprising the steps of placing an article to be wrapped on the angled support with its two opposite sides...
- To wrap such that the wrapping does not go all the way to the edge.
- These flaws can include a reed being overwrapped (wrapped past the end of the staple), underwrapped (not wrapped the full length of the staple), or slipped incorrectly (the blades of cane not meeting properly especially...
- 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, The Hahnemannian Monthly - Volume 70, page 386: