DCHP-3

range line

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the principal meridian forming the boundary between rows of townships.

See: range ((n.))(def. 3)

Quotations

1925
When he reached the Range Line, he was six miles south of his farm.
1955
The road to Brooksby on the range line is impassable in places. . . .
1963
Every six miles between meridians are other north-south lines called range lines.