scrimmage
51Line of scrimmage — Ligne d engagement Ligne d engagement avant l action de jeu. Dans le football américain, la ligne d engagement ou ligne de mêlée (anglais : line of scrimmage) est une ligne imaginaire, transversale au terrain de football sur sa largeur, qu… …
52offensive line of scrimmage — noun a) the scrimmage line on the offensive side of the football field b) offensive line …
53line of scrimmage — n a line in American football where the ball is placed at the beginning of a period of play …
54line of scrimmage — noun uncount in football, an imaginary line between the two teams that passes through the ball to the two sides of the playing field …
55line\ of\ scrimmage — n. phr. An imaginary line on a football field parallel to the goal lines where each play except the kickoff begins. The play was stopped at the line of scrimmage …
56line of scrimmage American Football — the imaginary line separating the teams at the beginning of a play. → line …
57line of scrimmage — ☆ line of scrimmage n. Football an imaginary line, parallel to the goal lines, on which the ball rests at the start of each play and on either side of which the teams line up …
58line of scrimmage — Date: circa 1909 an imaginary line in football that is parallel to the goal lines and tangent to the nose of the ball laid on the ground and marks the position of the ball at the start of each down …
59line of scrimmage — Football. an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team. [1905 10] * * * …
60line of scrimmage — noun Either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play …