(US) A line in a navigable waterway established by the Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which a pier cannot project.
(US) A line in a navigable waterway established by the Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which a pier cannot project.
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(US) A line in a navigable waterway established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which solid fill is not permitted.
An officially set line along a shoreline, usually outside of the dry land, to demark a territory allowable to be treated as dry land, to separate the jurisdictions of dry land and water authorities, for construction and riparian activities, to establish limits to the allowable obstructions to navigation, etc.
A line at the side of something.
(nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.
(US, law, figurative) The process of establishing a specific boundary, distinction or limit in regard to prescribing the best legal rule.