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single-line, a.
[f. single a. 18.]
1. Consisting of or having only a single line of plants, rails, etc. Also, of or pertaining to things ranged in a single line; spec. single-line traffic (see quot. 1954).
1868Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 256 In single-line hedge the saplings are so wound between as to press against the stakes. 1889Gretton Memory's Harkback 322 Some few years since a single line railway was made between the two towns. 1897Daily News 1 Sept. 3/1 Between Malvern and Hereford there are two long single-line tunnels. 1924Beaver (Winnipeg) Aug. 410 In the extreme north, single-line hitching [of dogs to sleds], and fan hitching is in general use. 1937Burlington Mag. Feb. 93/2 The National Gallery led the way..towards the open, single- or double-line hanging which is now the rule. 1954Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 54 Single-line traffic, traffic constrained to movement in one direction in a single traffic lane. 1967G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway i. 3, I had learned by heart the Block Regulations for double and single lines, the Guard's Rules and the Rules of Single Line Working. 1967E. Lemarchand Death of Old Girl xx. 226 There was a bad smash and a big pile-up... It was an hour before they got even single-line traffic going again. 1970O. John Diamond Dress iii. 39 Part of the autostrada is down to single line traffic... Road repairs.
2. Taking up, or making, one line in writing or printing.
1892A. Oldfield Man. Typogr. iv, A single-line motto in pearl caps. 1892Plummer Two Saxon Chron. I. 132 n., After [the year] 1001 several single-line annals had been marked out. |