touchlinen.

Brit.

/ˈtʌtʃlʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈtətʃˌlaɪn/

Forms: 1500s touch lyne, 1500s touche line, 1500s touche lyne, 1500s– touchline.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: touch v., line n.²; touch n., line n.²

Etymology: Probably partly < touch v. + line n.², and partly < touch n. + line n.²With sense 1 compare touchpoint n. 1.

†1. Geometry. A straight line that meets a curve or surface at a given point, typically without crossing it at that point (even if extended); = tangent n. 1b. Obsolete.Used by Welsh mathematician and physician Robert Record (1512–58) as part of his attempts to promote an English technical vocabulary not derived from Latin or Greek terms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > tangent

touchline1551

adscript1636

tangent1655

focal tangent1706

semi-tangent1823

tractor1867

bitangent1873

slope1889

1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. A touche lyne, is a line that runneth a long by the edge of a circle, onely touching it, but doth not crosse the circumference of it.

1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 7 Which shall be called the touch line or line of Contingence.

1636 W. Bedwell tr. P. Ramus Via Regia ad Geometriam xv. 195 The touch-point is that, into which the perpendicular from the center doth fall upon the touch line.

1675 J. Collins Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 217 If you conceive a chord line to join R, T, and a touch-line to be drawn at either of those.

1715 H. Wilson Navigation new Modell’d ii. 4 A Tangent, or Touch-line, is a Perpendicular erected upon the End of the Semidiameter, just so as to touch the Periphery of the Circle.

1788 W. Fairman Treat. Geogr. 297 According as the planet's motion is quicker or slower, it will to sight remain a longer or shorter time before it is apparently out of this tangent or touch line.

1887 J. V. Meigs Meigs Railway 111 All cylinders,..when brought in contact with a plane surface meet that surface a mere touch-line.

1921 Industrial-arts Mag. Dec. 490/1 This line is called the line of contingence, or touch line.

†2. Shipbuilding. Any of various key lines which form the basis of a ship's design. Cf. touch n. 17a. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > lines, sections, or elevations

middle line?c1400

sweep1627

lines1680

touch1711

waterline1750

station1754

sheer-draught1769

body plan1781

sheer-line1797

sheer-plan1797

touchline1797

water plane1798

centreline1806

buttock line1816

crown1830

scrieve1830

top-breadth line1846

wave-line1846

floor-plan1867

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 392/1 With a pencil draw a level line; take also the round aft, and set it forward from the touch on the touch line, and square it down to the pencil line.

a. Sport (esp. Association Football and Rugby). The boundary line on either of the two long sides of the field of play, usually extending from goal line to goal line. Cf. touch n. 14a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > line

line1550

trig1648

sideline1862

touchline1863

foul line1870

backline1890

trigger1891

centreline1920

by-line1936

stripe1967

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > ground > parts of

touchline1863

penalty line1929

half-way1960

in play1997

1863 Boy's Handy Bk. Sports 217 The lines..drawn at right angles to the goal-lines..are called ‘touch-lines’.

1889 Pauline 8 38 The kick, which was very near the touch-line, was not successful.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. i. 4 A critic.., ready in a second to estimate the worth of a well-judged pass, a run down the touch line.

1973 S. J. Park & B. W. Fahey Team Handball 50 The Boundary-Lines on the long sides shall be termed the Touch-lines.

2005 Times 10 Jan. (Game section) 20/4 Paterson floated in a long free kick..and then curled in another from the touchline.

b. figurative, with reference to a position from which one is observing a situation rather than directly involved in it. Frequently in plural, esp. in from (also on) the touchlines. Cf. sideline n. 1c(b).Recorded earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > one who takes no part in action > part or position of

sidelines1895

touchline1932

1932 W. H. Auden Orators ii. 46 The two-faced, the obscure and amazed, the touch-line admirers.

1944 H. C. O'Neill Tide Turns ii. 47 The attack..had opened a new and decisive phase and this was realized much more quickly by Rommel than the spectator on the touchlines.

1963 N. Hampson Social Hist. French Revol. iii. 68 During the crisis of 11th–15th July the Assembly therefore remained on the touch-lines.

1973 Nature 9 Nov. 108/2 From the touchlines the editor does, however, bias the issue by setting H. G. Haas's article on ‘Active Ion Transport’ immediately before that on the sinoatrial node.

2012 Express (Nexis) 13 Apr. 15 We British are a strange lot in many ways, as 50 years of watching from the touchline has taught me.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 3), with the sense ‘situated or taking place on or near the touchline’.

ΚΠ

1905 E. E. White How to play Hockey vii. 47 Touch line tactics make it imperative that the two insides should get out of position.

1963 Times 3 May 26/2 They provide the experience that makes The Farmers Weekly no mere touch-line commentator.

1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 26/3 Quinn rose imperiously to head in his 24th goal of the season from Ray Ransom's touchline free-kick.

2015 Sun (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Goals section) 8 Rotherham boss Evans is one of football's biggest characters because of his over-the-top touchline antics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	touchline
释义	touchlinen. Brit. /ˈtʌtʃlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈtətʃˌlaɪn/ Forms: 1500s touch lyne, 1500s touche line, 1500s touche lyne, 1500s– touchline. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: touch v., line n.²; touch n., line n.² Etymology: Probably partly < touch v. + line n.², and partly < touch n. + line n.²With sense 1 compare touchpoint n. 1. †1. Geometry. A straight line that meets a curve or surface at a given point, typically without crossing it at that point (even if extended); = tangent n. 1b. Obsolete.Used by Welsh mathematician and physician Robert Record (1512–58) as part of his attempts to promote an English technical vocabulary not derived from Latin or Greek terms. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > tangent touchline1551 adscript1636 tangent1655 focal tangent1706 semi-tangent1823 tractor1867 bitangent1873 slope1889 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. A touche lyne, is a line that runneth a long by the edge of a circle, onely touching it, but doth not crosse the circumference of it. 1593 T. Fale Horologiographia f. 7 Which shall be called the touch line or line of Contingence. 1636 W. Bedwell tr. P. Ramus Via Regia ad Geometriam xv. 195 The touch-point is that, into which the perpendicular from the center doth fall upon the touch line. 1675 J. Collins Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 217 If you conceive a chord line to join R, T, and a touch-line to be drawn at either of those. 1715 H. Wilson Navigation new Modell’d ii. 4 A Tangent, or Touch-line, is a Perpendicular erected upon the End of the Semidiameter, just so as to touch the Periphery of the Circle. 1788 W. Fairman Treat. Geogr. 297 According as the planet's motion is quicker or slower, it will to sight remain a longer or shorter time before it is apparently out of this tangent or touch line. 1887 J. V. Meigs Meigs Railway 111 All cylinders,..when brought in contact with a plane surface meet that surface a mere touch-line. 1921 Industrial-arts Mag. Dec. 490/1 This line is called the line of contingence, or touch line. †2. Shipbuilding. Any of various key lines which form the basis of a ship's design. Cf. touch n. 17a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > lines, sections, or elevations middle line?c1400 sweep1627 lines1680 touch1711 waterline1750 station1754 sheer-draught1769 body plan1781 sheer-line1797 sheer-plan1797 touchline1797 water plane1798 centreline1806 buttock line1816 crown1830 scrieve1830 top-breadth line1846 wave-line1846 floor-plan1867 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 392/1 With a pencil draw a level line; take also the round aft, and set it forward from the touch on the touch line, and square it down to the pencil line. 3. a. Sport (esp. Association Football and Rugby). The boundary line on either of the two long sides of the field of play, usually extending from goal line to goal line. Cf. touch n. 14a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > line line1550 trig1648 sideline1862 touchline1863 foul line1870 backline1890 trigger1891 centreline1920 by-line1936 stripe1967 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > ground > parts of touchline1863 penalty line1929 half-way1960 in play1997 1863 Boy's Handy Bk. Sports 217 The lines..drawn at right angles to the goal-lines..are called ‘touch-lines’. 1889 Pauline 8 38 The kick, which was very near the touch-line, was not successful. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. i. 4 A critic.., ready in a second to estimate the worth of a well-judged pass, a run down the touch line. 1973 S. J. Park & B. W. Fahey Team Handball 50 The Boundary-Lines on the long sides shall be termed the Touch-lines. 2005 Times 10 Jan. (Game section) 20/4 Paterson floated in a long free kick..and then curled in another from the touchline. b. figurative, with reference to a position from which one is observing a situation rather than directly involved in it. Frequently in plural, esp. in from (also on) the touchlines. Cf. sideline n. 1c(b).Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > one who takes no part in action > part or position of sidelines1895 touchline1932 1932 W. H. Auden Orators ii. 46 The two-faced, the obscure and amazed, the touch-line admirers. 1944 H. C. O'Neill Tide Turns ii. 47 The attack..had opened a new and decisive phase and this was realized much more quickly by Rommel than the spectator on the touchlines. 1963 N. Hampson Social Hist. French Revol. iii. 68 During the crisis of 11th–15th July the Assembly therefore remained on the touch-lines. 1973 Nature 9 Nov. 108/2 From the touchlines the editor does, however, bias the issue by setting H. G. Haas's article on ‘Active Ion Transport’ immediately before that on the sinoatrial node. 2012 Express (Nexis) 13 Apr. 15 We British are a strange lot in many ways, as 50 years of watching from the touchline has taught me. Compounds General attributive (in sense 3), with the sense ‘situated or taking place on or near the touchline’. ΚΠ 1905 E. E. White How to play Hockey vii. 47 Touch line tactics make it imperative that the two insides should get out of position. 1963 Times 3 May 26/2 They provide the experience that makes The Farmers Weekly no mere touch-line commentator. 1990 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. 26/3 Quinn rose imperiously to head in his 24th goal of the season from Ray Ransom's touchline free-kick. 2015 Sun (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Goals section) 8 Rotherham boss Evans is one of football's biggest characters because of his over-the-top touchline antics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551
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