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doublure
[ duh-bloor, doo-; French doo-blyr ]
noun
, plural dou·blures [d, uh, -, bloorz, doo-, doo-, blyr].
- an ornamental lining of a book cover.
doublure
/ dəˈblʊə; dublyr /
noun
- a decorative lining of vellum or leather, etc, on the inside of a book cover
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of doublure1
C19: from French: lining, from Old French doubler to make double
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Example Sentences
Doublure, the inside face of the boards, especially applied to them when lined with leather and decorated.
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Width of doublure of front of cephalon on median line, 17 mm.; length of hypostoma, 20 mm.
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Since the front of the hypostoma is attached to this doublure, it stands high up within the vault and under the glabella.
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They occur near the anterior margin of the segment, and near the inner end of the doublure.
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It is also known that the epistoma is narrower and more firmly fused into the doublure in later than in earlier species.
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