white line

noun

: a band or edge of something white
especially : a stripe painted on a road and used to guide traffic

Examples of white line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Faint white lines run down its back as do some orange and black blotches. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024 All such driver assistance systems rely on the vehicles’ perception systems, and the Rivian’s cameras watching the road ahead were confused by the white lines of liquid de-icer that had been applied to the road. Dan Carney, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024 Thin white lines crisscross the logo, creating four squares of clear glass around it. PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024 The orange skunk clownfish has no side bars and a white line along its back and were barely confronted. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2024 The thick white lines on dense black backgrounds mimic Greek vase painting. Barbara Schreiber, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Turning off the ad blocker immediately improves loading performance, with the white line on YouTube's progress bar showing significantly more buffering runway. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2024 The State Patrol’s crash analysis found that the skid marks from Curry’s car were to the right of the solid white line that separates the travel lane from the shoulder, and that the skid mark made by Dempsey’s bicycle when he was struck was near the center of the shoulder. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024 The bottom 10 pixels of the Pixel Fold went dead first, forming a white line of 100 percent brightness pixels that blazed across the bottom of the screen. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 26 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of white line was in the 15th century

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“White line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20line. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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