"line ahead" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "line abreast"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lines ahead",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "lines ahead"
      },
      "expansion": "line ahead (usually uncountable, plural lines ahead)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 November 20, Drachinifel, 8:10 from the start, in Honda Point Disaster - Taking a Wrong Turn at Albuquerque, archived from the original on 2022-12-14",
          "text": "Unfortunately, the squadron was, in fact, quite a bit north by northeast of where they thought they actually were. The radiobeacon readings, as it turned out, had been correct. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, they'd adopted a line ahead formation, and, so, when the flagship made its turn to port at nine o'clock, the rest of the ships followed in an orderly queue. However, it was to be the third ship in line, USS Young, that would be the first casualty, as she tore open her hull on a submerged section of the shoal, capsizing to starboard, and taking twenty men with her, at four minutes past nine.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of warship formation with the ships proceeding one after another and the trailing ships following behind the lead ship on the same path."
      ],
      "id": "en-line_ahead-en-noun-FR6~cEnk",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "warship",
          "warship"
        ],
        [
          "formation",
          "formation"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ],
        [
          "one after another",
          "one after another"
        ],
        [
          "trailing",
          "trailing"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, military) A type of warship formation with the ships proceeding one after another and the trailing ships following behind the lead ship on the same path."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "nautical",
        "politics",
        "transport",
        "war"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Battle of Lissa (1866)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "line ahead"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "line abreast"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lines ahead",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "lines ahead"
      },
      "expansion": "line ahead (usually uncountable, plural lines ahead)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Military",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 November 20, Drachinifel, 8:10 from the start, in Honda Point Disaster - Taking a Wrong Turn at Albuquerque, archived from the original on 2022-12-14",
          "text": "Unfortunately, the squadron was, in fact, quite a bit north by northeast of where they thought they actually were. The radiobeacon readings, as it turned out, had been correct. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, they'd adopted a line ahead formation, and, so, when the flagship made its turn to port at nine o'clock, the rest of the ships followed in an orderly queue. However, it was to be the third ship in line, USS Young, that would be the first casualty, as she tore open her hull on a submerged section of the shoal, capsizing to starboard, and taking twenty men with her, at four minutes past nine.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of warship formation with the ships proceeding one after another and the trailing ships following behind the lead ship on the same path."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "warship",
          "warship"
        ],
        [
          "formation",
          "formation"
        ],
        [
          "proceed",
          "proceed"
        ],
        [
          "one after another",
          "one after another"
        ],
        [
          "trailing",
          "trailing"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead"
        ],
        [
          "path",
          "path"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, military) A type of warship formation with the ships proceeding one after another and the trailing ships following behind the lead ship on the same path."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "nautical",
        "politics",
        "transport",
        "war"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Battle of Lissa (1866)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "line ahead"
}