WordNet
scrimmage line
n. line parallel to the goal lines where football linesmen line up at the start of each play in American football; "the runner was tackled at the line of scrimmage" [syn: line of scrimmage]
Usage examples of "scrimmage line".
The Nose Tackle, for instance, was an enormous nose - a huge wedge of boneless flesh that was hammered into the scrimmage line at every play.
The Campus was learning as it went, just as everyone else did, on both sides of the scrimmage line.
They nailed my ass at the scrimmage line, but I didn't go down—.
But as she crossed the scrimmage line at the near side of the field, someone caught her with a dis-able spell.
But as she crossed the scrimmage line at the near side of the field, someone caught her with a dishabillespell.