coverline

noun

Etymology

From cover + line.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-
  4. inherited from *līną
  5. inherited from *līnǭ
  6. inherited from *līnā
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. compounded as coverline — “cover + line

Definitions

  1. A line of text on the front cover of a magazine, briefly describing and promoting the…

    A line of text on the front cover of a magazine, briefly describing and promoting the content.

    • “The optimum number of coverlines on a real life title is seven,” he says. “But Chat’s design enables it to run one more than that, giving it a real advantage, one more hook to pull readers in.”
    • My face was on the cover of Inc. magazine, and the coverline said: "Zumba, Company of the Year."

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for coverline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA