colour line
- the social separation of racial groups within a community (esp in the phrase to cross the colour line)
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Examples from the Web for colour line
Historical Examples
It proves that there is neither caste, creed nor colour-line in the pocket-book.
An African AdventureIsaac F. Marcosson