OVERLINE


Meaning of OVERLINE in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb

Etymology: over (I) + line

: to draw a line or lines over or above

II. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: over (III) + line

1. : a printed line usually underlined and of a smaller size or different type face than the headline proper run above a headline and designed to introduce or identify the matter of the story or provoke to read on

2. : the title or explanatory matter above a picture or cartoon in a newspaper or periodical

3. : an insertion, correction, or alteration made above the printed or manuscript line it applies to — distinquished from underline

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.