interlining

interlining

English

Etymology

    From inter- + lining.

    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.
      • a. 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 1724, →OCLC:
        And the interlinings seemed to be writ in a hand different from that in which the papers were writ
    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.

    Synonyms

    (cloth lining):

    Verb

    interlining

    1. present participle and gerund of interline