foot line
Americannoun
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Printing. a line at the bottom of a page of type, especially a black line or a line containing the folio.
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Curling. foot score.
Etymology
Origin of foot line
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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It was a catch, contact followed, and that's why the ball was placed on the 1 foot line.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2015
Of the one hundred and fifty-one cities in Bolivia most every one is above the eleven thousand foot line.
From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)
The player throws the ball on the ground and in the bound he strikes it with the palm of his hand, sending it against the wall, above the three foot line.
From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred
A foul is when the ball goes below the three foot line on the wall or rebounds outside the boundaries.
From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred
By the term "original metres" I do not mean a rigid, unyielding adherence to every foot, line, and rhyme of the German original, although this has very nearly been accomplished.
From Faust by Taylor, Bayard
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