underdrawing

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sketch done on the ground of a work of art before paint, pastel, ink, or other more permanent medium is applied.
2. noun An image of a figure that is slid under the page on which a designer draws a garment, so that the result conforms to the figure's proportions.
3. noun An underdrawn cover or lining of the underside of a floor or roof with plasterwork, boarding, or similar.

Similar words

drawover cartoon pencilling dead colouring underprint draft absorbent ground underlay modello rough

Often followed by

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Word family

underdrawings