foot line
Americannoun
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Printing. a line at the bottom of a page of type, especially a black line or a line containing the folio.
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Curling. foot score.
Etymology
Origin of foot line
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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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
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 James T. (James Thomas) Nichols
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 George Orrin Draper
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 Hilaire Belloc
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 Alfred Rochefort
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