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undercloak

noun
/ˈʌndə(ɹ)kləʊk/

Etymology

From under- + cloak.

  1. derived from *klokkos✻
  2. derived from clocca — “travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”
  3. derived from cloque
  4. derived from cloke
  5. prefixed as undercloak — “under + cloak”

Definitions

  1. A fixed underlayer of tile or fibre cement on a roof, to support the mortar above.

  2. To apply such an underlayer to.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA