noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A cloth lining between the outer and inner layers of a garment.
2. 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 writ"

3. 3
   The scheduling of vehicles to operate more than one route, or the selling of tickets for a trip across multiple carriers
4. 4
   The sharing of a segment of track between two rail lines.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of interline form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

interfacinginterfacing

Example

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"And the interlinings seemed to be writ in a hand different from that in which the papers were writ"

Etymology

From inter- + lining.

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