Noun: colour line
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: color line)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: color line)
- Barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites
"The colour line in sports was finally broken in the mid-20th century"; "The colour line in sports was finally broken in the mid-20th century";
- color bar [US], colour bar [Brit, Cdn], color line [US], Jim Crow
Derived forms: colour lines
Type of: ideological barrier