doublure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French doublure.

Noun

doublure (plural doublures)

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

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French

Etymology

doubler +‎ -ure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.blyʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

doublure f (plural doublures)

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

Further reading

• “doublure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.