In very frequent use from c. 1890.
1521. in Test. Ebor. (Surtees), VI. 4. My unlynded gowne.
a. 1599. Spenser, F. Q., VII. vii. 29. Dight In a thin silken cassock coloured greene, That was vnlyned all.
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Trav., Wks. III. 89/1. The men … are clad in thin buckerom, vnlined.
1655. trans. Sorel’s Com. Hist. Francion, XI. 19. Although it was not unfashionable to have a Cloak unlined as was theirs.
1861. Eng. Wom. Dom. Mag., III. 118/2. Stiff muslin petticoats … are very suitable for wearing with … unlined silk dresses.
1878. March. Dufferin, Canad. Jrnl. (1891), 408. Our A.D.C.’s unlined suit of tussore silk.
