linesman (redirected from Linesmen)

lines·man  (lnzmn)

n.

1. Football An official who marks the downs and the position of the ball and watches for certain violations from the sidelines.

2. Sports

a. An official in various court games whose chief duty is to call shots that fall out of bounds.

b. An official in soccer and other field games who indicates when the ball has gone out of bounds.

c. Either of two officials in ice hockey who call icing and offsides, conduct face-offs, and call penalities.

3. See lineman.

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linesman [ˈlaɪnzmən]

n pl -men

1. (General Sporting Terms) an official who helps the referee or umpire in various sports, esp by indicating when the ball has gone out of play

2. (Business / Professions) (Electronics & Computer Science / Telecommunications) Chiefly Brit a person who installs, maintains, or repairs telephone or electric-power lines US and Canadian name lineman

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	linesman - official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) official - someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
	2.	linesman - a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines electrician, lineman gaffer - an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills

Translations

linesman [ˈlaɪnzmən] N (linesmen (pl))

1. (Sport) → juez m de línea, linier m

2. (Rail, Telec) → guardavía mf

3. (Elec) → celador m, recorredor m de la línea

linesman [ˈlaɪnzmən] n

(TENNIS) → juge mf de ligne

(FOOTBALL) → juge mf de touche
line-up [ˈlaɪnʌp] n

[people, things] → affiche f
a line-up of musicians and comedy acts → une affiche constituée de musiciens et de sketches
Heading this year's line-up is Elton John → Elton John est la tête d'affiche de cette année.

(also police line-up) → parade f d'identification, séance f d'identification

(SPORT) (= team) → composition f de l'équipe

linesman

n pl <-men> (Sport) → Linienrichter m; (Rail) → Streckenwärter m; (Elec, Telec) → Leitungsmann m; (for faults) → Störungssucher m

linesman [ˈlaɪnzmən] n (-men (pl)) (Sport) → guardalinee m inv, segnalinee m inv (Telec) → guardafili m inv