Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun line_of_scrimmage

1 sense of line of scrimmage

Sense 1
scrimmage line, line of scrimmage -- (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")
       => line -- (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)