Each of liquid application nozzles (4, 4a, 124) comprises a first block (41) having therein a liquid reservoir (43) extending in a longitudinal direction and an inner discharge portion composed of a multiplicity of small holes (44) formed in a bottom of the liquid reservoir (43) to extend along the longitudinal direction, a second block (42) having an inner space, which forms a gas reservoir (46) extending outside the first block (41) in the longitudinal direction, and an outer discharge portion composed of a multiplicity of small holes (48) and formed at the bottom of the inner space along the longitudinal direction and adapted to form a gas stream to surround from outside a linear-shaped liquid flow flowing down from the small holes (44), whereby a thin coating can be formed in a short time while suppressing consumption of a liquid and unevenness in coating is made hard to generate.