interlining

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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), Burnet, edited by , 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

Synonyms

(cloth lining):

Verb

interlining

  1. present participle and gerund of interline