[ruhg-bee] 
| 1. | a city in E Warwickshire, in central England. 86,400. |
| 2. | a boys' preparatory school located there: founded 1567. |
| 3. | Also, rugby. Also called rugger, Rugby football. a form of football, played between two teams of 15 members each, that differs from soccer in freedom to carry the ball, block with the hands and arms, and tackle, and is characterized chiefly by continuous action and prohibition against the use of substitute players. |
| Rug·by 1 (rŭg'bē) A municipal borough of central England east-southeast of Birmingham. It is noted primarily as the site of Rugby School, opened in 1574, where the game of Rugby was developed in the 19th century. Population: 61,900. |
| Rug·by 2 or rug·by (rŭg'bē) n. A game played by two teams of 15 players each on a rectangular field 110 yards long with goal lines and goal posts at either end, the object being to run with an oval ball across the opponent's goal line or kick it through the upper portion of the goal posts, with forward passing and time-outs not permitted. [After Rugby School, England.] |