> I know we are supposed to speak the same language but how the
> hell do you come up with the term pinstriping for lining. A pinstripe
> in Great Britain is a very narrow stripe normally in cloth (pinstripe
> suit). The term we use is lining.
And confusion right back at ya -- lining is the cloth on the inside of a suit coat, at least in American parlance. Sure, we see pinstriping on clothes, too, most notably (or notoriously) the New York Yankees baseball team's home uniforms and their dark blue pinstripes.
But, any thin (pin thin?) stripe of paint, whether it's straight, curved, making right angle turns, whatever, could be called a line, but never in my recollection "lining." Almost always, however, it's called a pinstripe.
"Box lining" is something I've only heard as a bike term, one I never
heard mention of in relation to motorcycles, cars, aircraft, boats,
whatever.
I agree that the terminology is confused and confounding, but I don't think "pinstriping" is any worse than "box lining" when it comes to accurately describing the stuff. We in the (old school) graphic arts field are familiar with the terms "boxing" to refer to a rectalinear border that usually forms a "box" and can be single or multi-line-ruled. We used to use terms like "Oxford rule" to describe the thick and thin rule combination, and used to decry things getting "too English" when somebody went overboard and used too many borders around text or some graphic element...wonder where THAT one came from? I prefer to say "striping" when it comes to open or closed paint lines applied to cars/motorcyles,bicycles and leave out the pins, chalk, pencils, racing, etc.... "lug-lining" is a perfectly good term, however, since it's specific to bicycle lugs and we ALL know what they are. Now, does that mean "on the edge" "over the edge" "inside or outside"...? LOL
Alan Goldsworthy
SF, CA