foot line

noun

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

Origin of foot line

First recorded in 1670–80

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If the subject can read above the twenty-foot line and complains of headache from reading, farsightedness is indicated.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
If the subject cannot read up to the twenty-foot line, nearsightedness or astigmatism is indicated.
The Science of Human Nature | William Henry Pyle
In case of a foul, a 15 foot line measured from the pin in the circle is used as a free throw line.
School, Church, and Home Games | George O. Draper
Of the one hundred and fifty-one cities in Bolivia most every one is above the eleven thousand foot line.
Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. Nichols
A lariat is a fifty foot line with a running noose at one end and made from the hide of various animals.
Dangers of the Trail in 1865 | Charles E Young

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