dropline

[ drop-lahyn ]

/ ˈdrɒpˌlaɪn /

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noun Journalism.

a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.

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Also called stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line.

Origin of dropline

First recorded in 1880–85; drop + line¹

Words nearby dropline

droplet infection, drop letter, droplight, drop like a hot potato, drop like flies, dropline, drop lock, drop names, drop-off, dropout, droppage