Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of undercut
nounundercutting (plural undercuttings)
plural undercuttings
- An undercut; a cut in the lower part.
When there are undercuttings in the bass-relief, so that the plaster poured upon it would run into cavities, from which it could not be drawn up, but would break in them, these undercuttings must be filled up with plaster […]
1828, James Smith, The Panorama of Science and Art
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