main line

See also: mainline

English

Noun

main line (plural main lines)

(rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.
(fishing) In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
(slang) A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.

Related terms

Translations

principal railway line

Finnish: päärata

Hungarian: fővonal

fishing: central line of a longline

Finnish: selkäsiima

Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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