Usually means: Where football play initially starts.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word line of scrimmage:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. line of scrimmage: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. line of scrimmage: Merriam-Webster
  3. line of scrimmage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. line of scrimmage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. line of scrimmage: Collins English Dictionary
  6. line of scrimmage: Vocabulary.com
  7. line of scrimmage: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. line of scrimmage: Wiktionary
  9. line of scrimmage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. line of scrimmage: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. line of scrimmage: Dictionary.com
  12. Line of scrimmage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. line of scrimmage: Rhymezone
  14. line of scrimmage: FreeDictionary.org
  15. line of scrimmage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. line of scrimmage: TheFreeDictionary.com

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Line of scrimmage: Sports Definitions

(Note: See line_of_scrimmages as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (line of scrimmage)

noun:  (American football) Either of two imaginary lines across the football field touching one of the two apices of the football which point toward either the defensive side or the offensive side before the center is allowed to touch the ball before each play.

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