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Touchline
One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.
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One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| touch linenoun | Alternative form of touchline. [(rugby, soccer) One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.] |
| linenoun | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight. |
| bylinenoun | (journalism) A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer's name. |
| end linenoun | The line at which something ends |
| goal linenoun | (rugby league, soccer, hurling, Gaelic football) the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal. |
| touchnoun | An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger. |
| try linenoun | In rugby, the line at the end of the pitch past, or on, which the ball must be placed to score a try |
| halfway linenoun | (sports) The line separating the two halves of a pitch, either side of which the teams must stand before the beginning of the game. |
| sidelinenoun | A line at the side of something. |
| trylinenoun | Alternative form of try line. [In rugby, the line at the end of the pitch past, or on, which the ball must be placed to score a try] |
| goallinenoun | Alternative form of goal line. [(rugby league, soccer, hurling, Gaelic football) the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.] |
| boundarynoun | The dividing line or location between two areas. |
| back linenoun | (soccer) Collectively, the defenders of a team. |
| tramlinenoun | (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on. |
| 18-yard linenoun | (soccer) The line on the pitch, 18 yards from the goal line, marking the outside of the penalty box |
| foul linenoun | (baseball, softball) One of the two lines on the edge of a field marking the area inside which a fair ball may be hit. |
| line of scrimmagenoun | (American football) Either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play. |
| baselinenoun | A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison. |
| opensidenoun | (rugby) The space on the side of the pitch with the larger distance between the breakdown/set piece and the touchline. |
| gain linenoun | (rugby) an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind. |
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