ppl. a. [See LINE v.1 1, 3.] Furnished with a good lining. Also fig.
1562. Bullein, Bulw. Def., Sick Men (1579), 6. The pacyent to haue light warme clothes, and slyppers, cleane, & well lyned.
c. 1611. Chapman, Iliad, XVI. 338. Well couerd in a well-lind shield.
1784. Cowper, Task, II. 737. His cap well lind with logic not his own.
b. spec. Of a purse: Full of money. † Of a person: Affluent. Obs.
1611. Cotgr., Aisé en son mesnage, of good estate, well lined, well to liue.
1677. Miége, Fr.-Eng. Dict., s.v. Chaud, He wants for nothing, he is warm, or well lined.
1691. [see LINED ppl. a.1].
1820. [see LINE v.1 3].
a. 1832. Bentham, Constitut. Code, Wks. 1843, IX. 102. It is the interest of all highwaymen, not only that travellers should be numerous, but that their purses should be well-lined.
1831. G. P. R. James, Phil. Augustus, xxxvii. A well-lined pouch of chamois leather.