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Etymology edit

inter- +‎ lining

Noun edit

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.
    • 1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] Thomas Ward [], →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

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Verb edit

interlining

  1. present participle and gerund of interline