"touchline" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: touchlines [plural]
Etymology: From touch + line. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|touch|line}} touch + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} touchline (plural touchlines)
  1. (rugby, soccer) One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Rugby Synonyms: sideline (english: in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball), touch line Translations (Translations): странична линия (stranična linija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), línea de banda [feminine] (Spanish), línea de cal [feminine] (Spanish), sidlinje [common-gender] (Swedish)

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Alternative forms

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