lining

A covering for the inside surface of something.

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. - 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The...
    • 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. - 2013 July-August, Stephen...
  2. The material used for such a covering.
  3. The act of attaching such a covering.

Forms

linings

Derived

backlining 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 sublining underlining

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of line