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plural overlines
Synonym of overbar examples
third-person singular simple present overlines, present participle overlining, simple past and past participle overlined
To draw a line over or above text. examples
not comparable
Passing over a railway line. quotations examples
Despite this slight delay, a bad slowing at Borrowash for an overline bridge under construction, and signals outside Derby, we arrived there "on time" by the public book, though 1¾ min. late by the working book.
1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 176
The total cost of overline bridges in 1965 was £1,506,000 […]
1967, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by Command, volume 39, page 51