"touchline" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "touch + line",
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          "ref": "2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport",
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          "ref": "2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 107",
          "text": "Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines.",
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        "One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch."
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        ],
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        "(rugby, soccer) One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch."
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          "english": "in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball",
          "word": "sideline"
        },
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          "word": "touch line"
        }
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        "rugby",
        "soccer",
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          "roman": "stranična linija",
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          "word": "странична линия"
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          "word": "línea de banda"
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          "word": "línea de cal"
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          "word": "sidlinje"
        }
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  "word": "touchline"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "touch + line",
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      ]
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      ],
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        "(rugby, soccer) One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch."
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          "word": "sideline"
        }
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "touch line"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "word": "línea de cal"
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      "word": "sidlinje"
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  "word": "touchline"
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