liner

noun

1. a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
2. eyeliner.
3. Baseball. line drive.
4. a person or thing that traces by or marks with lines.
5. ship of the line.

noun

1. something serving as a lining.
2. a protective covering, usually of cardboard, for a phonograph record; album; jacket.
3. a person who fits or provides linings.

noun

1. a passenger ship or aircraft, esp one that is part of a commercial fleet
2. See Freightliner
3. Also called: eye liner a cosmetic used to outline the eyes, consisting of a liquid or cake mixed with water and applied by brush or a grease pencil
4. a person or thing that uses lines, esp in drawing or copying

noun

1. a material used as a lining
2. a person who supplies or fits linings
3. engineering a sleeve, usually of a metal that will withstand wear or corrosion, fixed inside or outside a structural component or vesselcylinder liner

n.1“ship belonging to a shipping line,” 1838, from line (n.) on notion of a succession of ships plying between ports along regular “lines.” Line in this sense first attested 1786 in reference to stagecoaches. Cosmetics sense first recorded 1926, short for eye-liner. The type of baseball hit was so called from 1874 (line drive attested from 1899). n.2“person who fits a lining to,” 1610s, agent noun from line (v.1). Meaning “thing serving as a lining” is from 1869. Liner notes in a record album are attested from 1953.