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Broken-field
Use
Broken-field
in a sentence
broken field
noun
open field
.
Origin:
1895–1900,
Americanism
Dictionary.com Unabridged
bro·ken-field
/
ˈbroʊ
kənˈfild
/
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[
broh
-k
uh
n-
feeld
]
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adjective
Football.
performed, as by a ball-carrier, in a wide-open area covered by few defensive players, as opposed to the heavily trafficked area near the
line
of scrimmage.
Origin:
1920–25,
Americanism
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
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