line cut

noun

, Printing.

1. an engraving consisting only of lines or areas that are solid black or white. Compare halftone ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of line cut¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Companies worried about their bottom line cut workers loose instead, and these workers were left on their own to find ways of mastering new skills.

From Time

Looking away toward the top of the ridge where a single power line cut across to a distant coal mine, he said, “We might do it.”

From Project Gutenberg

I saw a long, broad gleam of silvery white, my line cut through the water, and the old-timer started for his bed under the bank.

From Project Gutenberg

The line cut the water with a swish, swish, swish that was plainly heard by all.

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D in Figure 99 shows the enrichment line cut to a depth which threatens the structural value of the rail.

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He had not yet recovered from the agony of having that water-melon line cut out of his part.

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