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broken field

noun

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  1. A field in which there are defensive players from the other team between the player who…

    A field in which there are defensive players from the other team between the player who has the ball and the goal.

    • Quarter-backs this year who have gained considerable notice are Fallis of Haskell Indians and Pooler of Kansas University, they both being very good in a broken field.
    • The forward passer receives the ball, runs a yard or two as a feint, and then, with scarcely a look over the broken field, selects a person and a place and throws the ball.
    • Barely two minutes after the interval the margin was reduced to just a single point after Elliot Daly, under a bit of pressure, knocked on 40 metres from his own line and gave the Wallabies a broken field to play with.

  2. A field that has been plowed.

    • My soul is a broken field Ploughed by pain

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA