linesman
Sports.
an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee.
Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge.
Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
Origin of linesman
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How to use linesman in a sentence
Chambers called time for an injured guard and substituted two new linesmen.
Left Tackle Thayer | Ralph Henry BarbourThe linesmen, with great gallantry, laid and maintained numerous lines throughout the operations.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William BewsherAgain the men lie low until it ceases, and then pick up the remaining linesmen, and return to the battery utterly exhausted.
Three years in France with the Guns: | C. A. RoseAnd all this time that the central authority were defied, artillerymen and linesmen were loitering about the streets of Cadiz.
Romantic Spain | John Augustus O'SheaSignallers and linesmen had a particularly rough time, and lines were down almost continuously.
The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 | Captain W. C. C. Weetman
British Dictionary definitions for linesman
/ (ˈlaɪnzmən) /
an official who helps the referee or umpire in various sports, esp by indicating when the ball has gone out of play
mainly British a person who installs, maintains, or repairs telephone or electric-power lines: US and Canadian name: lineman
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