ALL meanings of linesman
lines·man
L l - noun linesman (in games played on a field or court) an official who assists the referee or umpire from the sideline, especially in deciding on whether the ball is out of play. 1
- noun linesman sport: assistant to referee 1
- noun plural linesman Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs. 1
- noun plural linesman lineman (def 1). 1
- noun linesman (soccer) An assistant referee. 0
- noun linesman (tennis, dated) A male line judge. 0
- noun linesman (ice hockey) An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside. 0
- noun linesman (American football) An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation. 0
- noun linesman A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman. 0
- countable noun linesman A linesman is an official who assists the referee or umpire in games such as football and tennis by indicating when the ball goes over the lines around the edge of the field or court. 0
- noun linesman an official who helps the referee or umpire in various sports, esp by indicating when the ball has gone out of play 0
- noun linesman a person who installs, maintains, or repairs telephone or electric-power lines 0
- noun linesman lineman (sense 1) lineman (sense 2) 0
- noun linesman head linesman 0
- noun linesman an official who has the responsibility to make decisions along a sideline, goal line, etc., as in reporting whether the ball is inside or outside the line 0