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Definition of Staff line
1. Noun. Any of the 5 horizontal marks comprising a staff.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staff Line
Literary usage of Staff line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Capital (1888)
"Making staff-line transfers is, however, not without a risk. But there is no
better way for giving a man the breadth of experience he needs for the top ..."
2. Indigenous Timbers of the Cape by David Ernest Hutchins (1903)
"On going into the forest, a staff line was run on this bearing. ... Actually,
however, in the Embu linear sample area the staff line was able to be run in ..."
3. Introduction of Systematic Treatment to the Crown Forests of the Cape Colony by M. Vasselot de Régné (1885)
"For this purpose measure 11 yards on both sides of the line at right angles to
the staff line at frequent intervals, and stick in flag thus: — b P Flag Flag ..."
4. Modern Organization: An Exposition of the Unit System by Charles De Lano Hine (1912)
"No field of investigation will yield a larger return in efficiency than that of
line and staff. Line functions are those exercised in direct sequence ..."
5. Efficiency as a basis for operation and wages by Harrington Emerson (1909)
"... it being unimportant whether the chief and officers of the line are individuals
or commissions or a semi-staff. Line organization, from its nature, ..."
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