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off side, ˈoff-ˈside, phr.
[f. off prep. + side.]
Away from one's own side; on the wrong side, i.e. in Football, Hockey, etc., between the ball and the opponent's goal. (The specific meaning varies in the different games.) a. As advb. phr.
1867Sheffield Football Assoc. Rules, Any player between an opponent's goal and goalkeeper (unless he has followed the ball there), is offside and out of play. 186.Rugby School Football Rules vi. in Footb. Ann. (1868), A player is off side when the ball has been (kicked, touched) or is being run with by any of his own side behind him. 1882Standard 20 Nov. 2/8 W. succeeded in kicking a goal, but he was declared to be off side at the time. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 284/2 We don't consider it fair to strike when off-side of an opponent.
b. attrib. or as adj. |ˈɒfsaɪd, ɔː-|. Also with stress on second syllable. Also quasi-n., an occasion on which a player is, or becomes, off side.
186.Cheltenham Coll. Football Rules vii. in Footb. Ann. (1868), No offside play is allowed. 1887in B. James England v Scotland (1969) ii. 50 Dewhurst shot the ball in, and Cobbold helped it past Macauley, an appeal for offside by Dewhurst being disallowed. 1891Pall Mall G. 16 Nov. 1/2 The majority of the critics averring that the Scottish half played a persistently offside game. 1895Outing (U.S.) XXVII. 250/2 The off-side rule should be clearly understood. 1899A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 24 Claims of ‘off⁓side’ were freely made and repudiated by the captains. 1925Kansas City (Missouri) Star 22 Nov. 16/4 The ball was called back, and Kansas was penalized five yards for off-side. 1972G. Green Great Moments in Sport: Soccer i. 24 Menti..twice put the ball in the England net, but each time the ‘goal’ was disallowed for offside. 1976Wymondham & Attleborough Express 19 Nov. 24/4 Hempnall were not to be denied and hit back immediately, Borroughes beating the offside trap to convert a fine pass from Tweedale. 1976Norwich Mercury 10 Dec. 8/5 However, their well-drilled off-side trap prevented Thurton from ever really getting to grips with the bone-hard ground and getting any rhythm into their game.
c. See also off a. |