foul line Hear it!

foul line definition

☆ foul line

  1. Baseball either of the lines extending from home plate through the outside corners of first base or third base and onward to the end of the outfield
  2. Basketball a free-throw line
  3. Tennis, Bowling, etc. any of various lines bounding the playing area, outside of which the ball must not be hit, the player must not go, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.