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String line   /strɪŋ laɪn/   Listen
String line

noun
1.
Line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game.  Synonyms: balkline, baulk-line.






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"String line" Quotes from Famous Books



... out two little pointed sticks to act as stakes, and tying to these a piece of cord just the right length for the drills, he was ready for work. With one stake stuck in the bed at the upper end, the other at the lower, the cord between gave Jack a good string line for the drill. Then, with the end of a small round stick held close against the taut line, the drill was made. So he continued making drills at distances of four ...
— The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. • Ellen Eddy Shaw



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