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Service line

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service line

–noun
1. Tennis. the rear boundary of a service court.
2. a line running parallel to the front wall in certain court games, as handball or squash, that marks a boundary of the service area.

Origin:
1870–75
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service line  
n.   Sports
A boundary line, as in tennis or handball, that must not be overstepped in serving.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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