lines

(film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.

(fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.

(shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.

(education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.

(US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.