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range line

American

noun

(in U.S. public-land surveys) one of two parallel lines running north and south that define the east and west borders of a township.

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

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range line

I learned that it stood on the range line and called it the "White Range Line House."

From Over Prairie Trails by Grove, Frederick Philip

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