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lining

noun

  1. process of stregthening or stabilizing by use of an inner layer, usually using paper or fabric
  2. act or process of putting around or on the edge of something or in a row, running alongside, delineating
  3. The act of putting lines on
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/

noun

  1. 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.

  2. The material used for such a covering.
  3. The act of attaching such a covering.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of line