Definition of Line of scrimmage

1. Noun. Line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football. "The runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage"

Exact synonyms: Scrimmage Line
Generic synonyms: Line

Definition of Line of scrimmage

1. Noun. (American football) Either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Line Of Scrimmage

line of inquiry
line of latitude
line of least resistance
line of life
line of longitude
line of march
line of merchandise
line of nodes
line of occlusion
line of operations
line of play
line of poetry
line of products
line of questioning
line of reasoning
line of scrimmage (current term)
line of sight
line of striction
line of succession
line of thought
line of verse
line of vision
line of work
line officer
line one's pockets
line organisation
line organization
line out
line outs
line pairs

Literary usage of Line of scrimmage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide ...: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by by Walter Camp, National Collegiate Athletic Association (1915)
"RULE IX. the side holding the ball shall be on the line of scrimmage. A player shall be considered to be on the Player on line of scrimmage if he has both ..."

2. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"(e) The man who first receives the ball when it is snapped back shall not carry the ball forward beyond the line of scrimmage unless he has regained it ..."

3. Football for Player and Spectator: By Fielding H. Yost . . by Fielding Harris Yost (1905)
"If not more than six men are on the line of scrimmage one man of those not on ... The line of scrimmage is an imaginary line parallel to the goal line and ..."

4. American Football by Charles Dudley Daly (1921)
"The position of the ball with respect to the distribution is of no consequence, provided that it is placed along the line of scrimmage so that the runner is ..."

5. The Book of School and College Sports by Ralph Henry Barbour (1904)
"(c) The player who first receives the ball when the scrimmage is within the above-mentioned territory, may carry it forward beyond the line of scrimmage, ..."

6. The Forward Pass in Football by Elmer Berry (1921)
"Between the twenty-five yard lines seven players of the offense were required on the line of scrimmage and the first man receiving the ball from the ..."

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