Deadline Origin Of Word - Of places, inactive, dull, from 1580s. Web in the 1860s, a 'dead line' was a line within or around a prison. Prisoners would be shot for crossing the 'dead line'. Web meaning insensible, void of perception is from early 13c.
Web in the 1860s, a 'dead line' was a line within or around a prison. Prisoners would be shot for crossing the 'dead line'. Web meaning insensible, void of perception is from early 13c. Of places, inactive, dull, from 1580s.