underwrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underwraps
Etymology: From under- + wrap.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 2010, Robert C France, Introduction to Sports Medicine and Athletic Training, →ISBN, page 230:
text: 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.
ref: 2011, Paul S. Auerbach, Wilderness Medicine, →ISBN, page 365:
text: 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).
ref: 2012, Anne Keil, Strap Taping for Sports and Rehabilitation, →ISBN, page 120:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A lightweight foam that is applied to the skin to reduce irritation before wrapping with supportive tape.
examples: text: Stockingette and Tubigrip are used between the skin and the underwrap material before the plaster bandage is applied.
ref: 1993, Peter Thomson, Introduction to Podopaediatrics, page 263:
text: The two materials commonly used to make casts are plaster of Paris and synthetic casting, which is sometimes used with a Gore-tex underwrap.
ref: 1996, Australian Family Physician, page 1385:
text: A waterproof underwrap is available that enables the athlete to bathe without the need to protect the cast.
ref: 2011, Peter Brukner, Karim Khan, Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine, →ISBN, page 166:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sheath that surrounds a limb and which is used under a cast.
examples: text: 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).
ref: 1973, Lorraine Kloppman, Woman's Day book of sewing, →ISBN, page 58:
text: 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.
ref: 2000, Sandra Betzina, Power Sewing Step-by-step, →ISBN, page 104:
text: When finished with a waistband, an underwrap can be created with a hook fastening or button and buttonhole.
ref: 2008, Annete Fischer, Basics Fashion Design 03: Construction, →ISBN, page 170:
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Begin with an underwrap that's necessary to hold the diamond pattern in place.
ref: 1986, Jim Mayes, How to Make and Repair Your Own Fishing Tackle:
text: 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.
ref: 2013, C. Boyd Pfeiffer, Complete Book of Rod Building and Tackle Making, →ISBN, page 480:
text: Determine the length of the trim band (extended underwrap) you want on each end of the wraps.
ref: 2013, Dale P. Clemens, Advanced Custom Rod Building, →ISBN:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.
examples: text: An ideal gift of cloth during a family ceremony would be strip woven cloth underwraps, or ser-u-rabb.
ref: - 2009, M. Diouf, M. Leichtman, New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal, →ISBN:
text: ...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.
ref: 2012, Beth Anne Buggenhagen, Muslim Families in Global Senegal, →ISBN, page 206:
text: The forms of women's wealth, their woven underwraps, were never made visible.
ref: 2013, Mamadou Diouf, Tolerance, Democracy, and Sufis in Senegal, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: An undergarment that consists of a cloth wrapped around the body.