lining

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnɪŋ

Noun

lining (plural linings)

1. A covering for the inside surface of something.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7:

     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.

   • 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:

     As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.

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

Related terms

• brake lining
• every cloud has a silver lining
• every dark cloud has a silver lining
• every silver lining has a cloud
• interlining
• long-lining
• price-lining
• silver lining
• stomach lining

 

Translations

covering for the inside of something

• Albanian: astar (sq)
• Arabic: بِطَانَة f (biṭāna)
• Basque: forru
• Bulgarian: облицовка (bg) n (oblicovka), подплата (bg) f (podplata)
• Catalan: folre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 襯裡 / 衬里 (zh) (chènlǐ), 襯裏 / 衬里 (chènlǐ)

• Czech: podšívka f, výstelka f
• Danish: for (da)
• Dutch: voering (nl)
• Finnish: vuori (fi) (clothing); vuoraus (fi), sisäpinta, sisäpinnoitus (technical)
• French: revêtement (fr) m, garniture (fr) f, doublure (fr) f
• German: Futter (de) n
• Greek: φόδρα (el) f (fódra)
• Hungarian: bélés (hu)
• Ingrian: alus
• Irish: líneáil f
• Italian: rivestimento (it) m, fodera (it) f
• Japanese: 裏地 (ja) (uraji)
• Korean: 내벽(內壁) (naebyeok), 안감 (ko) (an'gam)
• Macedonian: постава f (postava)
• Norman: doublieuse f
• Norwegian: fôr (no) n
• Ottoman Turkish: آستار (astar), فودره (fodra), بطانه (bıtane)
• Portuguese: forro (pt) m, revestimento (pt) m
• Romanian: acoperire (ro)
• Russian: подкла́дка (ru) f (podkládka)
• Spanish: forro (es) m
• Swedish: foder (sv) n
• Turkish: astar (tr)
• Ukrainian: підкла́дка f (pidkládka)
• Volapük: furot (vo)
• Welsh: leinin m
• Yiddish: אונטערשלאַק m (untershlak)

material used for inside covering

• Bulgarian: подплата (bg) f (podplata), хастар (bg) m (hastar)
• Danish: for (da) n
• Finnish: vuorikangas (clothing); vuorausaine, vuorimateriaali (technical)
• French: doublure (fr) f
• German: Futterstoff n
• Korean: 내벽(內壁) (naebyeok), 안감 (ko) (an'gam)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fôring m or f

  Nynorsk: fôring f

• Polish: podszewka (pl) f
• Swedish: foder (sv) n

act of attaching an inside covering

• Bulgarian: облицоване n (oblicovane), подплатяване n (podplatjavane)
• Catalan: folrat (ca) m
• Finnish: vuoren ompelu (clothing); vuoraaminen (fi), pinnoittaminen (fi) (technical)
• German: Füttern n

Verb

lining

1. present participle and gerund of line

Anagrams

• lignin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lining f (plural lininga)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of linning