- linesman lines·man n
- ['laɪnzmən]
-men pl Sport guardalinee m inv, segnalinee m inv, Telec guardafili m inv
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
linesman lines·man n
Look at other dictionaries:
Linesman — Lines|man 〈[laınsmæn] m.; Gen.: , Pl.: men [ mən] Sport〉 Linienrichter; oV [Etym.: <engl. lines »Linien« + man »Mann«] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
Linesman — Lines|man 〈[laınzmæn] m.; , men [ mən]; Sp.; Tennis〉 Linienrichter; oV Lineman [engl.] … Universal-Lexikon
linesman — lines|man [ˈlaınzmən] n plural linesmen [ mən] an official in a sport who decides when a ball has gone out of the playing area … Dictionary of contemporary English
linesman — lines|man [ laınzmən ] noun count 1. ) someone whose job is to decide whether a ball has gone out of the playing area in sports such as tennis and football 2. ) a telephone LINEMAN 3. ) a railroad LINEMAN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
linesman — lines·man … English syllables
linesman — lines•man [[t]ˈlaɪnz mən[/t]] n. pl. men 1) spo an official in tennis and soccer who indicates when the ball goes out of bounds 2) spo an official in football who marks the distances gained or lost on each play 3) spo an official in ice hockey… … From formal English to slang
linesman — (n.) 1856, soldier in a regiment of the line, from genitive of LINE (Cf. line) (n.) + MAN (Cf. man) (n.). Sports sense, in reference to umpires with specific duties in games with lines (originally tennis, also ice hockey) is from 1890 … Etymology dictionary
linesman — Lineman Line man (l[imac]n m[a^]n), n.; pl. {Linemen} (l[imac]n m[e^]n). 1. One who carries the line in surveying, etc.; the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole. [1913 Webster] 2. A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
linesman — lines·man || laɪnzmÉ™n n. man who repairs telephone lines; offense player (Football) … English contemporary dictionary
Kenneth Wolstenholme — DFC Bar (July 17, 1920 March 25, 2002) was the football commentator for BBC television in the 1950s and 1960s, responsible, during the closing moments of the 1966 World Cup final, for the sport s most famous commentary phrase.Early… … Wikipedia
American football rules — The Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans in formation before a play Game play in American football consists of a series of downs, individual plays of short duration, outside of which the ball is dead or not in play. These can be plays from… … Wikipedia
