underlaid

[ uhn-der-leyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

placed or laid underneath, as a foundation or substratum.
having an underneath layer (often followed by with ):
a lace tablecloth underlaid with damask; courtesy underlaid with reserve.

underlaid

/ ˌʌndəˈleɪd /

before 1100; late Old English under lede (not recorded in ME); under-, laid

This latter test of a reasonable rate has underlaid a long line of Supreme Court decisions since the Granger case.

For this reason porous soil, covered with stout turf and underlaid by a sandy or gravelly subsoil, is best.

The sea round about for leagues is underlaid by treacherous coral reefs.

It is a sandy loam with much fine gravel and is underlaid at a depth of three feet with sand and shale fragments.

Too fearfully it is evident that these fits of acharnement were underlaid and fed by paroxysms of personal cruelty.

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