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first-line
[ furst-lahyn ]
adjective
- available for immediate service, especially combat service:
first-line troops.
- of prime importance or quality.
first-line
adjective
- acting or used as a first resort
first-line treatment
first-line batsmen
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Word History and Origins
Origin of first-line1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
The enemy had abandoned the first-line positions, and we met with but little resistance in the second.
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The intense heat created a great demand for water for the first-line troops.
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A subaltern, who was examining a luminous watch, received him at the charge as he fell into an English first-line trench.
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To the best of his knowledge the Corps had only thirty-one first-line battleships, much smaller than these.
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The battalion finally arrived behind the first-line trench, which was held at the time by a battalion of the King's Own Borderers.
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