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/tʃɑk laɪn/ Listen

noun

chalk line n.

A string impregnated with powdered chalk, used in construction to mark a straight line on a surface, such as a wall. The string is held taut on the surface between the two end points of the line to be made, the center of the line is drawn away from the surface, and the string is released and snapped against the surface, leaving a line of chalk in the desired location.

The line of chalk on a surface left by a chalk line 1.

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Etymology of 'Chalk line'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chalk line" Quotes from Famous Books

... exclaimed, as her rather uneven chalk line came to an end. "I guess that is enough to go by. We can make the edges smooth with some ...

— A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia • Alice Turner Curtis

... to a club, or perhaps she does too, and the neighbors are friendly and those of social importance have called on her and asked her to their houses, a newcomer does not have to stand so exactly on the chalk line of ceremony as in returning her first visits and sending out ...

— Etiquette • Emily Post