Usually means: Preliminary sketch beneath final painting.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. underdrawing: Merriam-Webster
  2. underdrawing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. underdrawing: Wiktionary
  4. underdrawing: Dictionary.com
  5. Underdrawing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underdrawing: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Definitions from Wiktionary (underdrawing)

noun:  (art) A sketch done on the ground of a work of art before paint, pastel, ink, or other more permanent medium is applied.
noun:  (fashion design) 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.
noun:  An underdrawn cover or lining of the underside of a floor or roof with plasterwork, boarding, or similar.

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