Firing Line Definition

noun
The line from which gunfire is directed against the enemy.
Webster's New World
The troops stationed along this line.
Webster's New World
The forefront in any kind of activity.
Webster's New World

A row of shooters.

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Noun

Singular:
firing line
Plural:
firing lines

Firing Line Sentence Examples

  • On the 22nd of July, when the Confederates under his old classmate Hood made a sudden and violent attack on the lines held by the Army of the Tennessee, McPherson rode up, in the woods, to the enemy's firing line and was killed.

  • At the outset, steamers and barges were used to convey the war material across, until the French ports became congested; then special barges were introduced to take goods direct into the French canals and thence as close to the firing line as possible.

  • Here we were still in the showery NW'ly airstream with the North Wales coast in the firing line.

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