undersiden.

Brit.

/ˈʌndəsʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌsaɪd/

Forms: Also under-side, under side.

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(b) and under adj. 2b. Compare Dutch onderzijde, Danish underside, German unterseite.

The under or lower side or surface.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] > lower or under surface

bottomeOE

downsidea1612

underside1680

bottom side1683

under-surface1733

belly1850

α.

1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 190 A Seat..having an Iron Pin fastned on either end the underside of it.

1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1625 The back or underside of the Leaves.

1768–74 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 459 I cannot conceive that surface separated from the table without an underside distinguishable from the upper.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Gun-carriage The underside of the gun.

1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 215/1 The under-side of the wings was a blackish-brown.

figurative.1868 ‘G. Eliot’ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 4 Comfort, which is the under-side or lining of all pleasure.1876 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 108 Fear is the underside or wrong side of zeal.β. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Subscapularis Spreading itself under the whole Convex, or Under-side of it.1794 Bot. Mag. 8 272 The blossoms have been of a sulphur colour, shaded..especially on the under side.1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 169 The legs and under side of the abdomen are reddish yellow.1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 476 At a greater distance from the stem the under side usually has the advantage.

Compounds

underside-couching n. a form of couching (couch v.¹ 4b) in which the couched thread is drawn through the fabric to the underside by each of the couching stitches (cf. surface couching n. at surface n. Compounds 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > done in specific stitches > couching > specific

brick stitch1842

brick couching1881

brick1882

spider couching1882

Vandyke couching1882

bricking1899

surface couching1927

underside-couching1936

1936 Burlington Mag. Oct. 182/1 Underside-couching is used for the metal threads, and also for some of the silk ones.

1964 tr. A. Geijer's Textile Treasures Uppsala Cathedral 24 Embroidery of multicoloured silk, in split stitch, and gold in underside couching forming a herringbone pattern.

underside-couched adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > embroidered > with specific stitches

darned1881

saddle-stitched1895

pin-stitched1898

surface-couched1905

underside-couched1936

1936 Burlington Mag. Oct. 187/1 The heraldic shields..are underside~couched throughout.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	underside
释义	undersiden. Brit. /ˈʌndəsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌsaɪd/ Forms: Also under-side, under side. Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2b(b) and under adj. 2b. Compare Dutch onderzijde, Danish underside, German unterseite. The under or lower side or surface. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] > lower or under surface bottomeOE downsidea1612 underside1680 bottom side1683 under-surface1733 belly1850 α. 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. x. 190 A Seat..having an Iron Pin fastned on either end the underside of it. 1704 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1625 The back or underside of the Leaves. 1768–74 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 459 I cannot conceive that surface separated from the table without an underside distinguishable from the upper. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Gun-carriage The underside of the gun. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 215/1 The under-side of the wings was a blackish-brown. figurative.1868 ‘G. Eliot’ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 4 Comfort, which is the under-side or lining of all pleasure.1876 Fortn. Rev. Jan. 108 Fear is the underside or wrong side of zeal.β. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Subscapularis Spreading itself under the whole Convex, or Under-side of it.1794 Bot. Mag. 8 272 The blossoms have been of a sulphur colour, shaded..especially on the under side.1835 J. Duncan Nat. Hist. Beetles (Naturalist's Libr.: Entomol. II) 169 The legs and under side of the abdomen are reddish yellow.1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 476 At a greater distance from the stem the under side usually has the advantage. Compounds underside-couching n. a form of couching (couch v.¹ 4b) in which the couched thread is drawn through the fabric to the underside by each of the couching stitches (cf. surface couching n. at surface n. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > done in specific stitches > couching > specific brick stitch1842 brick couching1881 brick1882 spider couching1882 Vandyke couching1882 bricking1899 surface couching1927 underside-couching1936 1936 Burlington Mag. Oct. 182/1 Underside-couching is used for the metal threads, and also for some of the silk ones. 1964 tr. A. Geijer's Textile Treasures Uppsala Cathedral 24 Embroidery of multicoloured silk, in split stitch, and gold in underside couching forming a herringbone pattern. underside-couched adj. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [adjective] > embroidered > with specific stitches darned1881 saddle-stitched1895 pin-stitched1898 surface-couched1905 underside-couched1936 1936 Burlington Mag. Oct. 187/1 The heraldic shields..are underside~couched throughout. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1680
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