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line-out

[ lahyn-out ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Rugby.

a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.

line-out

rugby Union the method of restarting play when the ball goes into touch, the forwards forming two parallel lines at right angles to the touchline and jumping for the ball when it is thrown in

First recorded in 1885–90; noun use of verb phrase line out to form a line, line up

It's possible, as I think it over, that this one-line-out-of-context business has probably worked better in past elections.

Why don't you jump on the China Mail this afternoon; it connects with a good line out of Shanghai.

There has been such a thing as three over the line out of four starters, so great is the eagerness for a lead.

The traffic soon became lucrative, and the Indians, except in time of war, protected the line out of friendship for Mr. Sibley.

He led me inshore, then up-shore, and out toward sea again, all the time fighting with a couple of hundred feet of line out.

Now, however, try as I might, I could not get the line out to the distance required; it would not fall straight and true.

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