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gain lines

gain lines is the plural of gain line.

Meaning of gain line

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.

Questions about gain lines

What is gain lines the plural of?
Gain lines is the plural of gain line.

Words near gain lines in the dictionary

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

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