blue line

noun

Ice Hockey.

1. either of two lines of the color blue that are parallel to and equidistant from the goal lines and divide the rink into three zones of equal size.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blue line¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Malinski, a defenseman, doubled the advantage less than seven minutes later, blasting a shot from just inside the blue line through traffic and by goalie Darcy Kuemper.

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Pozole rojo is October: the bowl I ate on my first fall day back in Chicago as an adult, perched on a pleather barstool beneath the rattle of the Blue Line, wondering if I could ever feel at home in the place I was born.

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Gavrikov, 29, emerged as a solid presence on the blue line, playing a career-high 82 games and posting the best goals-against average of the 17 defensemen to play at least 1,500 minutes.

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The pale blue line is what would have happened to spending if the Conservatives had managed to hang on to power last year.

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For Los Angeles law enforcement, the Baker to Vegas foot race is the premiere sporting event of the year — a sort of Super Bowl for the “thin blue line” crowd.

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