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gain line

gain line noun: an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind. Also the alternative form of line to gain.

Noun

gain line (plural gain lines)

  1. an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind.

Also used as

gain line is also the alternative form of line to gain.

Forms of gain line

pluralgain lines
alternative formgainline

Questions about gain line

What does gain line mean?
Gain line means an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind.
What part of speech is gain line?
Gain line is a noun.
What is the plural of gain line?
The plural of gain line is gain lines.

Words near gain line in the dictionary

  1. Gaiman
  2. Gaimanesque
  3. Gaimster
  4. gain
  5. gain ground
  6. gain line
  7. gain lines
  8. gain momentum
  9. gain of function
  10. gain on
  11. gain one's spurs

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