back line

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noun

(in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit

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Words nearby back line

back in harness, backlash, backless, backlight, backlighting, back line , backlins, backlist, backlit, backlite, back-load

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How to use back line in a sentence

Holt won on his first service and although Amy returned the next he missed the back line by an inch.
Left Tackle Thayer|Ralph Henry Barbour
In most beaver the shoulders swell plumply above the back line after the outline of the grizzly bear.
In Beaver World|Enos Abijah Mills
Seen in profile at a distance, the back line is comparatively straight.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
The result was a back-line that was as smooth and straight as if cut to a ruler.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur

Front and second lines are usually 32 pitch; third line 24 pitch and back line 16 pitch.
Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery|Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd.