eleven lines
Americanplural noun
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This is not now done with treble and bass clefs, which are only used with respectively the top and bottom five lines of the Great Stave of eleven lines.
From How to Write Music Musical Orthography by Clement A. Harris
In the following solution each of the eleven lines represents a sitting, each column a table, and each pair of letters a pair of partners.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
About half a mile to the north-west of the village is the Menec system, which consists of eleven lines, numbers 874 menhirs, and extends a distance of 3376 ft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
It will be seen that in the eleven lines that are preserved we have several close parallels to the Babylonian Version and some equally striking differences.
From Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition by L. W. (Leonard William) King
The duty towards God, which is on the eastern side, is in Roman capitals, and probably had eleven lines, the first three of which are wholly gone.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
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