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goal lines

goal lines is the plural of goal line.

Meaning of goal line

Noun

goal line (plural goal lines)

  1. (rugby league, hurling, Gaelic football) the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.
  2. part of a vertical plane separating an end zone from the field of play when the ball is touched or is in player possession. The plane extends beyond the sidelines. A team’s goal line is that which it is defending.
  3. the red line that runs across the rink and the front of the goal.

Questions about goal lines

What is goal lines the plural of?
Goal lines is the plural of goal line.

Words near goal lines in the dictionary

  1. goal keeper
  2. goal keepers
  3. goal kick
  4. goal kicks
  5. goal line
  6. goal lines
  7. goal machine
  8. goal machines
  9. goal post
  10. goal posts
  11. goal setting

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