Meaning

3 senses
  1. The boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.

    a line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand

  2. Part of a vertical plane separating an end zone from the field of play when the ball is touched or is in player possession. The plane extends beyond the sidelines. A team’s goal line is that which it is defending.

    Torlinie, Torauslinie

  3. The red line that runs across the rink and the front of the goal.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Neither the referee nor linesman saw the ball cross the goal line.

  2. It was the linesman who signalled the goal, despite the fact he wasn't standing level with the goal line.

    deEs war der Linienrichter, der das Tor anzeigte, trotz der Tatsache, dass er nicht auf der Höhe der Torlinie gestanden hatte. — Espi

  3. It was the referee's assistant who flagged for a goal, although he wasn't standing level with the goal line.

    deEs war der Linienrichter, der das Tor anzeigte, trotz der Tatsache, dass er nicht auf der Höhe der Torlinie gestanden hatte. — Espi

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
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Forms

plural: goal lines
Singulargoal line
Pluralgoal lines

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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