service line
Noun: 1. The back boundary line at each end of a court in racquet sports: In tennis, badminton, and similar games, the service line is the line that marks the rear limit of the service box area. During a serve, the server must stand behind this line. 2. A line marking a limit for service in other contexts: In sports like handball or volleyball, it can refer to the line from behind which a serve must be made.
The term "service line" is used to specify a rule boundary in sports. * In tennis, you must stand behind the service line when serving. * The ball landed just on the service line, so the point was good.
- "To toe the service line": This phrase can be used figuratively to mean to position oneself exactly at the starting point or boundary of an action, though this is not a common idiom.
- The new policy has us toeing the service line of a major regulatory change.
- Baseline: In tennis, this is often synonymous with the service line, as it is the back line of the court from which serving occurs. In some contexts, "baseline" is the preferred term.
- Service box: The rectangular area on the court, bounded by the net, the service line, the center service line, and the singles sideline (or doubles sideline), into which a serve must land.
- Baseline (in tennis context)
- Back line
(No common phrasal verbs exist for this specific compound noun.)
(No common idioms are directly formed from this specific compound noun.)
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the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line
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