"ship belonging to a shipping line," 1838, from line, n. on notion of a succession of ships plying between ports along regular "lines." Line in this sense first attested 1786 in reference to stagecoaches. Cosmetics sense first recorded 1926, short for eye-liner. The type of baseball hit was so called from 1874 (line drive attested from 1899).

"person who fits a lining to," 1610s, agent noun from line, v.1. Meaning "thing serving as a lining" is from 1869. Liner notes in a record album are attested from 1953.