string line : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: string line	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for string line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
string line n line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game Synonym(s): balkline, baulk- line, string line
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
String \String\, n. 1. (a) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire. (b) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. 2. (Billiards & Pool) (a) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called also {string line}. (b) Act of stringing for break. 3. A hoax; a trumped-up or [bd]fake[b8] story. [Slang]