Noun

list (plural lists)

1. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
2. Material used for cloth selvage.
   • 1893 Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton 2005, page 681:

     The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionaire's office, and putting on list slippers.

3. (in plural) The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
   • 1819 Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:

     William de Wyvil, and Stephen de Martival, [...] armed at all points, rode up and down the lists to enforce and preserve good order among the spectators.

List

List or lists may refer to:

Enumerations

• A mailing list
• A list of comma separated values, a common way of listing in everyday life and computing. (British usage: Comma-separated values)
• An electronic mailing list
• An electoral list
• List (computing)
• Task lists, a list of tasks to be completed
• Listicle, an article in list format