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lineout

lineout noun: a set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.

Noun

lineout (plural lineouts)

  1. (rugby union) A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
    • Turner looked assured, picking out his men at the lineouts, while Redpath was seeing plenty of the ball and also looked the part as the Scots probed for opening.2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman
  2. (rugby union) The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1).
  3. An out produced by catching a line drive.

Forms of lineout

plurallineouts
alternative formline-out

Questions about lineout

What does lineout mean?
Lineout means a set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
What part of speech is lineout?
Lineout is a noun.
What is the plural of lineout?
The plural of lineout is lineouts.

Words near lineout in the dictionary

  1. linens
  2. lineny
  3. lineoid
  4. lineolate
  5. lineolately
  6. lineout
  7. lineouts
  8. lineplot
  9. lineplots
  10. lineprinter
  11. lineprinters

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