lining
noun
- process of stregthening or stabilizing by use of an inner layer, usually using paper or fabric
- act or process of putting around or on the edge of something or in a row, running alongside, delineating
- The act of putting lines on
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/
noun
- A covering for the inside surface of something.
“A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.”
“The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.”
- The material used for such a covering.
- The act of attaching such a covering.
verb
- present participle and gerund of line