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American  

[oh-ver-lahyn] / ˈoʊ vərˌlaɪn /

noun

Printing, Journalism.

1. a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.

2. kicker.

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Etymology

Origin of overline

First recorded in 1850–55; over- + line ¹

Example Sentences

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So what we did in first grade, every single time we did something like this, we just write it in pencil and then overline it.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2017

It’s got a big picture of a muscular fellow in a spiky crown and an overline that says, “The literary classic that inspired the epic video game.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2010

There are also a few Greek words in the Index, and a handful of letters with overline or macron, such as ī.

From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard

In the other available text, the body text has homotelẽto with clear overline.

From A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes by Hildebrandt, Herbert William

The overline never occurs in a partial line, as at paragraph-end.

From A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful by Peter Martyr; Wherunto is Added A Sermon made of the Confessing of Christ and His Gospel and of the Denying of the same, by Henry Bullinger by Martyr, Peter