undercoat

Example Sentences

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Using a small comb, they brush out the dog's undercoat so the smooth top coat lays flat.

From Salon

It’s built for the cold, warmed by a thick undercoat and outer hairs like hollow tubes that trap air and keep it buoyant swimming across icy lakes and rivers.

From New York Times

I am currently painting undercoat and emulsion, in that same downstairs loo, with both brush and roller.

From The Guardian

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 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 BBC