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lineouts

lineouts is the plural of lineout.

Meaning of lineout

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.

Questions about lineouts

What is lineouts the plural of?
Lineouts is the plural of lineout.

Words near lineouts in the dictionary

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

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