Meaning

noun seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion

noun the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

noun thick soft fur lying beneath the longer and coarser guard hair

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat English undercoat From under- + coat.

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