The Answer by Allan & Barbara Peaseを読んでいると "deadline" の由来についての記述がありました。
The word 'deadline' was first used in 1864 at Andersonville prison in the USA: 'On the inside of the stockade and 20 feet from it there is a dead-line established, over which no prisoner is allowed to go, day or night, under penalty of being shot.'
The word 'deadline' was first used in 1864 at Andersonville prison in the USA: 'On the inside of the stockade and 20 feet from it there is a dead-line established, over which no prisoner is allowed to go, day or night, under penalty of being shot.'
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