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Line Of Scrimmage

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Noun

1. line of scrimmage, scrimmage line

line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football

Example Sentences:
'the runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Line Of Scrimmage

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noun
American football
an imaginary line, parallel to the goal lines, on which the ball is placed at the start of a down and on either side of which the offense and defense line up

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Line Of Scrimmage

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American Football
an imaginary line, parallel to the goal lines, on which the ball rests at the start of each play and on either side of which the teams line up

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Line Of Scrimmage

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n. pl. lines of scrimmage
Football
Either of two imaginary lines extending across the field parallel to the goal line at the ends of the ball as it rests prior to being snapped and at which each team lines up for a new play.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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