"goal line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: goal lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} goal line (plural goal lines)
  1. (rugby league, soccer, hurling, Gaelic football) the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Gaelic football, Hurling, Rugby league Translations (in soccer): línia de gol [feminine] (Catalan), branková čára [feminine] (Czech), mållinje (Danish), doellijn (Dutch), maaliraja (Finnish), ligne de but [feminine] (French), Torlinie (english: chiefly between the goalposts) [feminine] (German), Torauslinie (english: elsewhere) [feminine] (German), markalína [feminine] (Icelandic), cúl-líne [feminine] (Irish), líne chúil [feminine] (Irish), pae-ū (Maori), paepiro (Maori), mållinje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), målstrek [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), målline [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mållinje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), målstrek [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), linia bramkowa [feminine] (Polish), linie de poartă [feminine] (Romanian), línea de gol [feminine] (Spanish), kortsida [common-gender] (Swedish), mållinje (note: only across the front of the goal) [common-gender] (Swedish), förlängd mållinje [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-goal_line-en-noun-sGIbO7lE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 35 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'in soccer': 52 28 20
  2. (American football) part of a vertical plane separating an end zone from the field of play when the ball is touched or is in player possession. The plane extends beyond the sidelines. A team’s goal line is that which it is defending. Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-goal_line-en-noun-I77C5TPA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 35 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (ice hockey) the red line that runs across the rink and the front of the goal. Categories (topical): Ice hockey Translations (in ice hockey): línia de gol [feminine] (Catalan), branková čára (Czech), maaliviiva (Finnish), maalilinja (Finnish), cúl-líne [feminine] (Irish), förlängd mållinje [common-gender] (Swedish), mållinje (note: only across the front of the goal) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-goal_line-en-noun-JkuJf5rt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 35 Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports Disambiguation of 'in ice hockey': 15 23 63

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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in ice hockey",
      "word": "branková čára"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in ice hockey",
      "word": "maaliviiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in ice hockey",
      "word": "maalilinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "in ice hockey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cúl-líne"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in ice hockey",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förlängd mållinje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "only across the front of the goal",
      "sense": "in ice hockey",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "mållinje"
    }
  ],
  "word": "goal line"
}

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