lining
/ˈlaɪnɪŋ/ noun C1- A covering for the inside surface of something.
- The material used for such a covering.
- The act of attaching such a covering.
Plural linings
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He was a man of twenty-five or six, and held a piece of cloth, which, being a tailor, he was about to make into a coat-lining.
Dorothy looked inside the Golden Cap and saw some words written upon the lining.
“Here, as you perceive, is the inner pocket prolonged into the lining in such fashion as to give ample space for the truncated fowling piece.
You are immediately confronted by an overwhelming, floor-to-ceiling kaleidoscope of colorful cardboard boxes lining an entire cavernous aisle.
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