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flagfall

flagfall noun: the start of a horse race.

Noun

flagfall (plural flagfalls)

  1. The start of a horse race
    • Boyce took him ahead at the flagfall , with the Hughes horse in pursuit1945, Con O'Leary, The Grand National
    • June 22, 2020, David Milnes, The Lir Jet swoops late to deny Wesley Ward's Golden Pal in Norfolk in The Racing Post
      The result looked unlikely soon after flagfall when Wesley Ward's Golden Pal blazed a trail down the centre of the track under Andrea Atzeni
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A fixed fare charged at the beginning of a taxi ride

Forms of flagfall

pluralflagfalls

Origin of flagfall

From flag + fall.

Questions about flagfall

What does flagfall mean?
Flagfall means the start of a horse race.
What part of speech is flagfall?
Flagfall is a noun.
What is the plural of flagfall?
The plural of flagfall is flagfalls.

Words near flagfall in the dictionary

  1. flageoletist
  2. flageoletists
  3. flageolets
  4. flageolettist
  5. flageolettists
  6. flagfall
  7. flagfalls
  8. flagfish
  9. Flagg
  10. flaggable
  11. flagged

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