string line

1. 1.

   line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game

   Synonymsbalklinebaulk-line

   Broaderline

Questions about string line

What does string line mean?

string line means "line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game".

What is another word for string line?

Close synonyms include balkline, baulk-line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is string line a common word?

string line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.