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.

---

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

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 Draper, George Orrin

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

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

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 Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)