down-line

adjective

Describing a lower level in a hierarchical management structure

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Meanings

noundown-line (plural down-lines)

plural down-lines

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of down line.

    The number of down-trains daily is fifty-one, and up-trains fifty; the ropes, therefore, travel 155.25 miles on the up-line, and 158.35 miles on the down-line, or altogether 313.60 miles daily.

    1842, Francis Whishaw, The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland Practically Described and Illustrated
adjectivedown-line (comparative more down-line, superlative most down-line)

comparative more down-line · superlative most down-line

  1. Describing a lower level in a hierarchical management structure
Cite this entry
APA

down-line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-line

MLA

“down-line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-line. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “down-line,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down-line.

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