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interlining

interlining noun: a cloth lining between the outer and inner layers of a garment. Also the present participle and gerund of interline.

Noun

interlining (plural interlinings)

  1. A cloth lining between the outer and inner layers of a garment.
  2. Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.
    • And the interlinings seemed to be writ in a hand different from that in which the papers were writa. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published...
  3. The scheduling of vehicles to operate more than one route, or the selling of tickets for a trip across multiple carriers
  4. The sharing of a segment of track between two rail lines.

Also used as

interlining is also the present participle and gerund of interline.

Synonyms of interlining

Forms of interlining

pluralinterlinings

Origin of interlining

From inter- + lining.

Questions about interlining

What does interlining mean?
Interlining means a cloth lining between the outer and inner layers of a garment.
What part of speech is interlining?
Interlining is a noun.
What is the plural of interlining?
The plural of interlining is interlinings.

Words near interlining in the dictionary

  1. interlinguist
  2. interlinguistic
  3. interlinguistically
  4. interlinguistics
  5. interlinguists
  6. interlining
  7. interlinings
  8. interlink
  9. interlinkability
  10. interlinkable
  11. interlinkage

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