lining

noun

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.