单词 | backline |
释义 | ˈback-line, backline [f. back a. + line n.2] A line situated behind another or others; esp. in various games, a line marking the limit of play at the end of a court, field, etc.; also [back n.1 21], a line of backs in football, etc. Cf. quot. 1806 s.v. back a. 1.
1890H. W. W. Wilberforce in C. G. Heathcote Tennis 260 He must be content to play a defensive game, and retire about a yard behind the back-line. 1960T. McLean Kings of Rugby 122 Tries which set the whole of the Lions' backline clicking on all cylinders. 1963Times 27 May 5/3 Ramsden, from his own backline, galloped the length of the [Polo] ground and scored a lovely goal in four confident hits. 1966Mills & Butler Mod. Badminton v. 45 You must turn your right shoulder towards the backline. |

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