doublure
noun
an ornamental lining of a book cover.
doublures
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pluralof doublure.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Note the fleur de lis and the bee, and the exquisite hand-tooling on the doublures.
From Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford
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
