n A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
n A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
n A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
n (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
n Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.