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back line

noun

  1. (in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Holt won on his first service and although Amy returned the next he missed the back line by an inch.

In most beaver the shoulders swell plumply above the back line after the outline of the grizzly bear.

Seen in profile at a distance, the back line is comparatively straight.

The result was a back-line that was as smooth and straight as if cut to a ruler.

Front and second lines are usually 32 pitch; third line 24 pitch and back line 16 pitch.

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