underbear
verb/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈbɛə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Middle English underberen (“to support”), from Old English underberan (“to support, endure”), equivalent to under- + bear.
1
To support, endure.
2
To line, guard or face a material, especially cloth.
- cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
- Derived terms
- underbearer