"offensive line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: offensive lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} offensive line (plural offensive lines)
  1. (American football, Canadian football) The five players of the team possessing the ball comprising the center, the left and right offensive guards, and the left and right offensive tackles who are positioned around the ball at the line of scrimmage. Tags: Canadian Categories (topical): Canadian football, Football (American)
    Sense id: en-offensive_line-en-noun-WH8pUWC1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 28 32 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (American football, Canadian football, uncommon) The seven players required to be within one yard of the line of scrimmage in an offensive formation. Tags: Canadian, uncommon Categories (topical): Canadian football, Football (American)
    Sense id: en-offensive_line-en-noun-oqzj8ekh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 28 32 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (American football, Canadian football, uncommon) All of the offensive players, whether obligatory or not, lined up one yard or less from the line of scrimmage. Tags: Canadian, uncommon Categories (topical): Canadian football, Football (American)
    Sense id: en-offensive_line-en-noun-68Peb163 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 28 32 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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