foot line

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of foot line¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

If the subject can read above the twenty-foot line and complains of headache from reading, farsightedness is indicated.

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If the subject cannot read up to the twenty-foot line, nearsightedness or astigmatism is indicated.

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

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Of the one hundred and fifty-one cities in Bolivia most every one is above the eleven thousand foot line.

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A lariat is a fifty foot line with a running noose at one end and made from the hide of various animals.

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