lining

A covering or coating for an inside surface.

Material used for such covering or coating.

The act of measuring, as land, with a line; a fixing of boundaries; specifically, permission granted by a dean of gild to erect or alter a building according to specified conditions.

The covering of the inner surface of anything, as of a garment, a box, a wall, or the like.

Specifically— In milit. engin., a wooden sheeting to support the top and sides of the galleries and the sides of the shafts of a mine.

In carpentry, the inside boarding, or the felt fabric, paper, or other material, put on the inside of walls, floors, partitions, etc.

In metal-working, the fire-brick or other refractory material placed within a blast-furnace or converter to resist high temperatures.

The puddling or tenacious clay put on the back of a dam or the embankment of a canal to prevent the infiltration of water.

A piece of canvas sewed on any part of a sail to preserve it against injury by chafing.

In a figurative use, contents.