1856, "soldier in a regiment of the line," from genitive of line (n.) + man (n.). Sports sense, in reference to umpires with specific duties in games with lines (originally tennis, also ice hockey) is from 1890.
雙語例句
1. The 30-year-old Scottish international was sent off for arguing with a linesman.
這位30歲的蘇格蘭國腳因和邊裁爭執(zhí)而被罰下場。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The tennis players refused to accept the linesman's decision, so the judge ordered them to play that point over.