Underbed

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An underlying base that supports a bed or foundation.

    "It has an underbed of slate and a cover of hard shales which contains seams of sandstone and form a bluff."

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beddingbolstercushionlittermatpad

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"It has an underbed of slate and a cover of hard shales which contains seams of sandstone and form a bluff."

Etymology

From under- + bed.

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