white line

noun

: a band or edge of something white

especially : a stripe painted on a road and used to guide traffic

Examples of white line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first was smooth and matte green; the second rust-colored and full of little round holes like a sponge; the third gray with a smattering of orange starbursts; and the fourth a darker gray with short white lines running at odd angles, as if covered in fragments of kanji. —Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024

For years, Lamborghinis of this era were little more than symbols for the white lines excess of the Eighties and Nineties. —Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024

The white line emanating from the pulsar in Chandra’s image shows this beam of particles, and white rings show particles driven away from the dead star that are now reacting with gas in the nebula, producing X-rays. —Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024

The field finally came together when the red dirt was smoothed over and new white lines were painted. —Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above