doublure
Americannoun
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doublures
plural
noun
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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 Andrew Lang
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
Note the fleur de lis and the bee, and the exquisite hand-tooling on the doublures.
From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford
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
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
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