underslip en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From under- + slip.
Meanings
- A woman's undergarment.
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An underlying layer of slip.
The designs in the slip appear to have been created through a negative resist technique, in which a lighter-colored underslip shows through a darker overlying slip.
2011, Walter R. T. Witschey, Clifford T. Brown, Historical Dictionary of Mesoamerica, page 336:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underslips | Number=Plur | lexicographic |