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单词 catchline
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catchlinen.

Brit. /ˈkatʃlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈkɛtʃˌlaɪn/, /ˈkætʃˌlaɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch v., line n.2
Etymology: < catch v. + line n.2, apparently originally after catchword n. 1. With sense 1b compare earlier headline n.2 6. With sense 2 compare earlier catchword n. 2 and catchphrase n.
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a. In an early printed book or manuscript: a line containing a catchword (catchword n. 1), located at the bottom of a page; (also) the text printed or written in this line. historical in later use.
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society > communication > printing > printers' symbols and directions > [noun] > catchword or catch-line
catchword1693
catchline1761
1761 J. O. Coll. Lett. Errata sig. I12 Page. ibid. catch line, dele on.
1797 R. Pocock Hist. Gravesend & Milton Errata Page 104, Catch-line, for It, read—at.
1819 T. Hodgson in W. Ged Biogr. Mem. 37 The number of lines in each page is 35, exclusive of the running head-line, and the catch-line.
1896 T. L. De Vinne in Moxon's Mech. Exerc.: Printing (new ed.) II. 421 The compositor was required..to add the direction, or catch-line, and the signature.
1913 L. Spence Dict. Medieval Romance & Romance Writers 22/1 The first line, used as a ‘catch-line’ at the bottom of the preceding page,..includes the word ‘Ercildoune’.
1949 F. Bowers Princ. Bibliogr. Descr. i. 12 A complete catchline at the bottom of Q2v is repeated at the top of S i.
1995 A. Laskaya & E. Salisbury Middle Eng. Breton Lays 42 An illumination has been cut out of A 261a that eclipses most of the last word of line 1. B1 has added it based on the catchline at the foot of folio 260d.
b. A heading or line of text at the top of a page, paragraph, or other section of text; esp. one in a newspaper or reference work, usually distinguished typographically from the body of the text and serving to indicate the contents of the text or draw the reader's attention; (sometimes) a headline. Cf. catchword n. 5a.
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society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > heading > types of heading
epigraph1633
under-title1687
subhead1744
side head1822
catchword1833
side heading1836
subject line1836
subheading1842
catchline1845
subject heading1853
cut-line1883
box head1899
caption1923
overline1923
underline1924
strap1960
strap-line1960
1845 Manch. Times 3 May 6/3 The catch lines of the three first-mentioned bills having been read by Mr. Slater.
1878 Bristol Mercury 19 Sept. 5/4 Yesterday's newspapers contained a paragraph which..was not set out as some notices are with an array of big-type catch-lines, as printers call them; on the contrary, it was very unobtrusively prepared.
1884 Raleigh (N. Carolina) Reg. 5 Mar. The typographical features of the book, including its heavy-face paragraph headings and catch-lines, are..helpful for study.
1922 Consolidated Laws N.Y. Annotated LXIV. 37 See authorities under the catchline Assault by fellow employee, infra, p. 53.
1962 H. Hayford & M. M. Sealts in H. Melville Billy Budd 133 In the following notes, numerals preceding catch-lines indicate the manuscript leaf on which the passage under discussion occurs.
2010 W. D. Jordan Boatman 12 The story..had made the front page but..not the main headline... ‘Boy Feared Lost At Sea’ was the smaller catch line near the bottom of the page.
c. Printing and Journalism. A short, temporary heading added to a newspaper story or other text for use during editing or printing, to indicate the subject matter or other details, or provide instructions for the printer. Cf. slug-line n. at slug n.2 Compounds 2.
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society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > line or word placed to catch the eye
catchword1833
catchline1868
call-out1986
1868 Derby Mercury 8 Apr. In the Parliamentary debates two ‘catch lines’, as printers call them, have been left in, and the reader is bothered to know what ‘Paul follows—Paul 2 follows M'Grath’ has to do with the Duke of Richmond's remarks.
1885 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 20 June Suppl. 4/2 Catch lines are commonly set up by the compositors, and are, of course, removed when the types are finally put into ‘form’.
1910 J. G. Huneker Let. 29 Jan. (1922) 100 When the galleys reached me headed ‘The Egoist’ I remonstrated. But I was told it was only a catch line, or catch title, something purely technical.
1964 W. R. Nash How Newspapers Work iii. 47 Every story prepared by a reporter and sub-editor must carry on each page of copy what is called a ‘catchline’.
2002 R. Rudin & T. Ibbotson Introd. Journalism iv. 51 Catchlines are still required: an item numbered ‘43’ has no relevance to the editor, an item with the catchline ‘Road death’ certainly has.
d. Typography. A small or short line of text positioned between longer lines or lines printed in larger type. Now rare.
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1885 Inland Printer Oct. 50/2 The catch line, ‘33rd annual session’, is in double English chased black, and forms, with the date in four-line heading script, a splendid base for the curve of main line.
1896 T. L. De Vinne in Moxon's Mech. Exerc.: Printing (new ed.) II. 422 There is but little..reason for classifying some words of a title in bold display-lines, and others in petty catch-lines of obscure small capitals.
1939 Typogr. Circular Feb. 78/1 The catch-line between the two main lines is too small. An error..which is made by many display compositors.
1955 Inland Printer Dec. 74/2 With the title,..the ‘of’ at the end of the third line would be better as a small catch-line between groups.
2. A phrase or sentence which catches the attention and is easily remembered; a catchphrase, esp. an advertising slogan.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > slogan or catchword
slogan1704
catchword1715
nayword1828
catchphrase1834
catchline1842
catchcry1843
yell1867
watch-cry1882
buzzword1946
in word1964
1842 Scioto Gaz. (Chillicothe, Ohio) 28 Apr. The captivating catch-lines of your advertising neighbors will finally beguile some ‘old familiar faces’ from your counters.
1895 Bachelor Arts Monthly Sept. 514 It is usual [for publishers] to devise some catch line..[for] the author... They may call him the ‘Gifted Young Romancer’, or the ‘Octogenarian Bard’.
1922 Sat. Evening Post 14 Oct. 85/2 The verses should be short and the chorus long. All the catch lines must be limited to the chorus.
1942 Paris (Texas) News 17 June 11/6 Ginger Rogers doesn't need it now but once a catchline meant a lot to her. In her first movie..she..said ‘Cigarette me, big boy’ when she wanted a smoke.
2006 Grocer 9 Dec. 62/3 The Argento Wine Company has appointed The Drinks Sampling Company to develop a consumer campaign, using the catchline ‘Argento—the real Argentina’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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