yard line

1. 1.

   in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field

   Broaderline

Questions about yard line

What does yard line mean?

yard line means "in football; line parallel to the goal lines indicating position on the field".

Is yard line a common word?

yard line is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.