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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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... cracking of the bark on one side of a young transplanted tree may be due to a change from the cool north aspect to the heat of the south. At any rate the experiment is well worth trying, and nurserymen would not find it much trouble to run a chalk line down the south side of each tree, when lifting them, as a ...

— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory

Words linked to "Chalk line" : snapline, twine, snap line, string