Web deadline (n.)time limit, 1920, american english newspaper jargon, from dead (adj.) + line (n.). Prisoners would be shot for crossing the 'dead line'. Perhaps influenced by earlier use. Web in the 1860s, a 'dead line' was a line within or around a prison.
Web deadline (n.)time limit, 1920, american english newspaper jargon, from dead (adj.) + line (n.). Web deadline (n.)time limit, 1920, american english newspaper jargon, from dead (adj.) + line (n.). Prisoners would be shot for crossing the 'dead line'. Web in the 1860s, a 'dead line' was a line within or around a prison. Perhaps influenced by earlier use.
