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

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

John’s men, just coming up on foot to the opposite edge of the little dip, saw the low foot line of the Anglo-Gascons turning at a word of command into a high mounted line.

From Poitiers by Belloc, Hilaire

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

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

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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald