underwrap

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ wrap.

Noun

underwrap (plural underwraps)

1. (medicine) A lightweight foam that is applied to the skin to reduce irritation before wrapping with supportive tape.
   • 2010, Robert C France, Introduction to Sports Medicine and Athletic Training, →ISBN, page 230:

     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.

   • 2011, Paul S. Auerbach, Wilderness Medicine, →ISBN, page 365:

     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.

   • 2012, Anne Keil, Strap Taping for Sports and Rehabilitation, →ISBN, page 120:

     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).

2. (medicine) A sheath that surrounds a limb and which is used under a cast.
   • 1993, Peter Thomson, Introduction to Podopaediatrics, page 263:

     Stockingette and Tubigrip are used between the skin and the underwrap material before the plaster bandage is applied.

   • 1996, Australian Family Physician, page 1385:

     The two materials commonly used to make casts are plaster of Paris and synthetic casting, which is sometimes used with a Gore-tex underwrap.

   • 2011, Peter Brukner, Karim Khan, Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine, →ISBN, page 166:

     A waterproof underwrap is available that enables the athlete to bathe without the need to protect the cast.

3. (sewing) 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.
   • 1973, Lorraine Kloppman, Woman's Day book of sewing, →ISBN, page 58:

     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).

   • 2000, Sandra Betzina, Power Sewing Step-by-step, →ISBN, page 104:

     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.

   • 2008, Annete Fischer, Basics Fashion Design 03: Construction, →ISBN, page 170:

     When finished with a waistband, an underwrap can be created with a hook fastening or button and buttonhole.

4. (fishing) An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.
   • 1986, Jim Mayes, How to Make and Repair Your Own Fishing Tackle:

     Begin with an underwrap that's necessary to hold the diamond pattern in place.

   • 2013, C. Boyd Pfeiffer, Complete Book of Rod Building and Tackle Making, →ISBN, page 480:

     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 or to dress up the end are also possible, just as they are on any guide wrap.

   • 2013, Dale P. Clemens, Advanced Custom Rod Building, →ISBN:

     Determine the length of the trim band (extended underwrap) you want on each end of the wraps.

5. An undergarment that consists of a cloth wrapped around the body.
   • - 2009, M. Diouf, M. Leichtman, New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal, →ISBN:

     An ideal gift of cloth during a family ceremony would be strip woven cloth underwraps, or ser-u-rabb.

   • 2012, Beth Anne Buggenhagen, Muslim Families in Global Senegal, →ISBN, page 206:

     ...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 boubous that they received; and their hidden stores of cloth wealth, which were made visible through dress and through bestowal on women of similar social standing.

   • 2013, Mamadou Diouf, Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal, →ISBN, page 66:

     The forms of women's wealth, their woven underwraps, were never made visible.

Verb

underwrap (third-person singular simple present underwraps, present participle underwrapping, simple past and past participle underwrapped)

1. To provide with an underwrap.
   • 1956, Florida Wildlife - Volumes 10-11, page 78:

     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.

   • 1984, Mark Thiffault, Fishermen's digest, →ISBN, page 120:

     When underwrapping, always make the underwrap a lighter color thread than the guide wrapping, since a dark underwrap could show through a lighter overwrap.

   • 2013, Dale P. Clemens, Advanced Custom Rod Building, →ISBN:

     The technique of underwrapping guides probably originated with heavier saltwater rods.

2. To provide with a wrapping that will subsequently be covered or wrapped by something else.
   • 1945, William C Farmer, Ordnance Field Guide: Restricted - Volume 3, page 508:

     Sharp or irregular shaped parts should be underwrapped with a grade A material to cushion against puncture.

   • 1955, The Fisherman - Volume 6, page 111:

     Wrappings are underwrapped and overwrapped to a mirror-like finish.

   • 1979, American Printer and Lithographer - Volume 184, page 32:

     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 News-sort system.

3. To wrap the underside of something.
   • 1869, Edward Drinker Cope, Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America:

     In M. dekayi the under face of suspensorium is underwrapped by prootic, by the exoccipital in missuriensis.

   • 1961, Behavior - Volumes 18-19, page 12:

     Full spinal flexion results; the perineum is brought into a downward facing position underwrapped by the tail.

   • 1992, Lefty Kreh, Advanced Fly Fishing Techniques:

     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.

4. To underlap.
   • 1833, Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine, page 85:

     The rails are formed at their ends to underwrap each other, as (f f.)

   • 1967, The Municipal Year Book and Public Services Directory, page 47:

     Floor joists at points of entry into brickwork are underwrapped giving 100 per cent protection.

   • 1968, The Canadian Patent Office Record:

     ... 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 extending laterally beyond said support, grasping the comers of the free end of a roll of soft film and pulling the strip of soft film over the article far enough for the free end to underwrap the article;

5. To wrap such that the wrapping does not go all the way to the edge.
   • 2013, Jacqueline Leclair, Oboe Secrets, →ISBN:

     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 if one blade is completely inside the other blade); the cane being crooked on the staple; the cane leaning to the side; or the blank being the wrong length. Cane is expensive and your time is valuable.

6. To provide with insufficient wrappings.
   • 1935, The Hahnemannian Monthly - Volume 70, page 386:

     Personally, we feel that overwrapping is more harmful than underwrapping in measles as well as in many other conditions.