silk-lined

1 4.2

Clothing or bags with silk on the inside

adjective
/sɪlk-laɪnd/

: forrado de seda

She slipped her arms into the cool, silk-lined sleeves of her coat, feeling the luxurious fabric against her skin.
a silk-lined box

Examples

The elegant dress was beautifully designed with a silk-lined interior that added a touch of luxury.
And that the general is sending up a casket, silk-lined.

The Big Red One (1980)
She slipped her arms into the cool, silk-lined sleeves, closed her eyes, and wrapped the coat around her.

Fiction book (1997)
Worshippers were handed a uniform prayer book, and men were often requested to wear identical silk-lined skull caps.

Academic text (1990)
Several Chinese dealers, who speak little English, handle most of the birds, which come on sandstone slabs measuring about twelve by fifteen inches, carefully encased in silk-lined wooden boxes.

Academic text (1998)
He placed the delicate jewelry in a silk-lined box to keep it safe from scratches.

How Luxurious

furring

6.5

silk-lined

1 4.2

lined

2.1

unlined

1 4.1

Surface Forms

silk-lined positive

Morphology

silk-lined = silk + lined (transparent) = silk + line + ed

The compound 'silk' + 'lined' directly yields the meaning 'having a lining made of silk', which is straightforward for learners who know the components.

Etymology

The word silk-lined joins silk, a fine cloth originally from China, and lined, which means 'having an inner layer'. So silk-lined means 'with an inner layer of silk', a phrase that tells you the item is soft and feels like a little luxury.