partition line

American  

noun

Heraldry.

1. a plain or figured edge between two adjacent areas of an escutcheon, between an ordinary and the field of an escutcheon, or between two adjacent ordinaries.

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Etymology

Origin of partition line

First recorded in 1710–20

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partition line

Two hours later, 28 Vietnamese Skyraiders and 28 U.S. jets from Danang hit a regimental-sized barracks at Chaple, just north of the partition line.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think that there are better chances for the administrative autonomy that we proposed rather than trying to draw a partition line which just doesn't exist.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the removal of the partition line was followed by important consequences to the Portuguese, who derived from it their pretensions to the noble empire of Brazil.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by William Hickling Prescott

Mariana seems willing to help the Portuguese, by running the partition line one hundred leagues farther west than they claimed themselves.

From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by William Hickling Prescott

Then he added:— "The partition line that was made immejitly aafter the war, dividin' the estate between Miss Ann Caarter and yo'self, Colonel, was also tuk from this survey."

From Colonel Carter of Cartersville by Francis Hopkinson Smith