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Definition of Line drive
1. Noun. (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter. "The batter hit a liner to the shortstop"
Definition of Line drive
1. Noun. (baseball softball) A batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Drive
Literary usage of Line drive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1917)
"Straight line drive—The last two mentioned arrangements of the gear box lend
themselves particularly to that form of construction known as the straight line ..."
2. The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction by Peter Martin Heldt (1918)
"Straight line drive—The last two mentioned arrangements of the gear box lend
themselves particularly to that form of construction known as the straight line ..."
3. A Dictionary of Automobile Terms by Albert L. Clough (1913)
"See body Straight line drive—A shaft drive (qv) in which the drive shaft (qv) is
nearly in a straight line with the crank shaft of the motor and the final ..."
4. Motor Truck Design and Construction by Clemens Thomas Schaefer (1919)
"By mounting one pair of gears above the other, approximately straight-line drive
can be obtained. The internal gear-drive axle possesses the advantages of ..."
5. Motor Truck Design and Construction by Clemens Thomas Schaefer (1919)
"By mounting one pair of gears above the other, approximately straight-line drive
can be obtained. The internal gear-drive axle possesses the advantages of ..."
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