doublure

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French doublure.

Noun[edit]

doublure (plural doublures)

  1. An elaborately decorated leather flyleaf in a book.
  2. The reflexed margin of a trilobite carapace.

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From doubler +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /du.blyʁ/
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Noun[edit]

doublure f (plural doublures)

  1. lining
  2. (theater) understudy
  3. (film) body double, stand-in; stuntman

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