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touchline

touchline noun: one of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.

Noun

touchline (plural touchlines)

  1. One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.
    • French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport
    • Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 107
    Synonyms:
    sideline

Examples of touchline in a sentence

  • The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
  • Klopp chest-bumped his staff on the touchline.
  • He was involved in little more than a routine battle for possession near the touchline before lashing out at Dzudovic.

All 11 example sentences with touchline

Synonyms of touchline

Forms of touchline

pluraltouchlines
alternative formtouch line

Origin of touchline

From touch + line.

Questions about touchline

What does touchline mean?
Touchline means one of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.
What part of speech is touchline?
Touchline is a noun.
What is the plural of touchline?
The plural of touchline is touchlines.

Words near touchline in the dictionary

  1. touchingness
  2. touchings
  3. touchless
  4. touchlessly
  5. touchlessness
  6. touchline
  7. touchlines
  8. touchlogger
  9. touchloggers
  10. touchlogging
  11. touchmark

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