Bāse'-līne, n.
n. 1. A main line taken as a base of operations, and on the correctness of which the whole depends; as in surveying, in military operations, in perspective, &c.
Sense 2. A line traced round a cannon at rear of the vent.
n. 1. A main line taken as a base of operations, and on the correctness of which the whole depends; as in surveying, in military operations, in perspective, &c.
Sense 2. A line traced round a cannon at rear of the vent.