foot line

American  

noun

1. Printing. a line at the bottom of a page of type, especially a black line or a line containing the folio.

2. Curling. foot score.

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Etymology

Origin of foot line

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

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foot line

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

In case of a foul, a 15 foot line measured from the pin in the circle is used as a free throw line.

From School, Church, and Home Games by George Orrin Draper

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 James T. (James Thomas) Nichols

They have four cities more than fourteen thousand feet above sea level, twenty-six above the thirteen thousand foot line, and seventy-three cities above the twelve thousand foot line.

From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by James T. (James Thomas) Nichols

Here frequent iambi are substituted for anapests; as in line 1, second and fourth feet; lines 2 and 3, fifth foot; line 5, third foot.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden