undercoat
Example Sentences
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So I clipped the top and sides, where the outer coat and undercoat were the thickest.
From New York Times
The Changpa carefully comb the goats’ hair during the spring moulting season to harvest the downy undercoat and then the good fibre is laboriously separated from the bad by hand.
From The Guardian
With layers of feathers, including an undercoat of down, and thickly feathered feet, her plumage gives her insulation equivalent to that of an Arctic fox.
From The Guardian
The owner of a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Cobra Jet he’s auctioning online credits undercoating for the surprisingly rust-free state of the Washington-based car that he’s had sitting in storage for 38 years.
From Fox News
The ewe, deflated in its fresh, bleached undercoat, is then snapped like a football, pushed between Brennan’s legs to a numbered holding pen outside.
From Seattle Times
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