(in tennis, volleyball, and badminton) an official positioned near one of the lines of the court who decides whether a ball or shuttlecock lands within the court or not.
a line judge called the ball out
Example sentencesExamples
The ball was called out, but the umpire over-ruled the line judge.
The line judge determined White had crossed the goal line.
TV replays showed the ball landed in, and the line judge had called it correctly.
For no particular reason, early on, he demanded to have a line judge replaced.