gainline

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A form of gain line — an imaginary line running across the pitch perpendicular to the touchline and passing through the breakdown or set piece. The subsequent phase is said to have passed "over the gain line" if the gain line at the subsequent breakdown is in front of the last, or "behind the gain line" if it is behind.

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Meanings

noungainline (plural gainlines)

plural gainlines

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gain line.

    From the moment Kyle Sinckler was knocked out cold in the third minute following an accidental collision, England appeared trapped in the headlights, totally unable to gain the kind of gainline ascendancy that shocked New Zealand a week earlier.

    2019 November 2, Robert Kitson, “Rugby World Cup: South Africa surge to glory as England fall short”, in The Observer

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APA

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MLA

“gainline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gainline. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gainline,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gainline.

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