Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Nautical, the water-line at which a vessel floats when at light displacement. See displacement, 3.

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Examples

  • This series of fast-action, light-line rods offers the most fun you can have on a small stream.

    SAGE TXL RODS 2008

  • Sola's light-line coiled around the animal's throat, knocking it out and pulling it off, and Spock poured a phaser stun into it when it was clear of Kirk.

    TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009

  • Sola's light-line coiled around the animal's throat, knocking it out and pulling it off, and Spock poured a phaser stun into it when it was clear of Kirk.

    TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009

  • Sola's light-line coiled around the animal's throat, knocking it out and pulling it off, and Spock poured a phaser stun into it when it was clear of Kirk.

    TRIANGLE SONDRA MARSHAK 2009

  • [4] To lock, use the light-line tag end to make three wraps around the light-line standing portion, wrapping back toward the knot under the created loop.

    Connect Lines of Different Sizes with an Albright Knot 2006

  • I know smallmouths are supposed to be a light-line species, but I use 17-pound-test mono.

    Smallmouth Master 2002

  • This works well for deep-water and light-line finesse fishing.

    The Top 10 BASS Lures 1999

  • This works well for deep-water and light-line finesse fishing.

    The Top 10 BASS Lures 1999

  • I know smallmouths are supposed to be a light-line species, but I use 17-pound-test mono.

    Smallmouth Master 1999

  • He fired the bumper again to steady himself, peering into the blackness beyond the light-line on the rock.

    Gold in the Sky Alan Edward Nourse 1960

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