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

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

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

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 Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)

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