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doublure

American  
[duh-bloor, doo-, doo-blyr] / dəˈblʊər, du-, duˈblür /

noun

  • doublures
    plural
  1. an ornamental lining of a book cover.


doublure British  
/ dəˈblʊə, dublyr /

noun

  1. a decorative lining of vellum or leather, etc, on the inside of a book cover

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of doublure

1885–90; < French: a lining, equivalent to doubl ( er ) to line (literally, to double ) + -ure -ure

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Hermes is here a rustic doublure of Apollo, as he was, in fact, mainly a rural p. 37deity, though he became the Messenger of the Gods, and the Guide of Souls outworn. 

From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew

The intricate blind-tooling of the doublure shadowed forth the blind fate which left us in ignorance of our future and our past, or of even what the day itself might bring forth.

From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various

The cover, which was Baxter's own selection, was to be of dark green morocco, with a cap-and-bells border in red inlays, and doublures of maroon morocco with a blind-tooled design.

From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various

He developed arabesques and paid particular attention to richly gold-tooled doublures.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

Note the fleur de lis and the bee, and the exquisite hand-tooling on the doublures.

From Torchy As A Pa by Ford, Sewell

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