| 单词 | loose head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasloose head loose head n. Rugby (the position of) the prop forward in the front row of a scrum closest to the scrum half as the ball is put into the scrum; cf. tight head n. at tight adj., adv., and n.2 Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > player or position full back1875 goal kick1875 No. eight1876 goalkicker1879 three-quarter back1880 handler1888 three-quarter1889 heeler1892 scrum half1894 lock forward1898 standoff1902 five-eighth1905 hooker1905 threes1905 flying half1906 loose head1907 standoff1908 fly-half1918 fly1921 inside half1921 outside half1921 scrum1921 inside centre1936 flank forward1937 out-half1949 prop1950 prop forward1951 number eight1952 flanker1953 tight head1959 back-rower1969 second rower1969 striker1973 packman1992 1907 ‘Old International’ Rugby Guide 62 It was discovered that on the flank of the row where the ball came into the scrum there was a head overhanging the side of the scrum. This head was given the appellation of ‘loose head’. 1917 in P. Jones War Lett. (1918) 259 We used to spend hours arguing over anything, from free-will to the ‘loose-head’. 1927 W. W. Wakefield & H. P. Marshall Rugger 166 Some hookers prefer to have the weight on the loose-head side. 1927 Daily Express 14 June 2/3 The ‘loose head’ (the system of playing more than three players in the front row of the scrummage). 1960 C. Venables Instr. to Young Rugger Players iii. 37 When the two scrummages are formed they pack down and, of course, the heads of the two front rows are interlocked. But, with three men in each row, this clearly means that one man in each row will have his head free. This is known as the ‘loose head’ and it is on that side that the scrum half will put the ball in, for the good reason that his own hooker will be nearer to the ball than the hooker on the other side. 1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xiv. 191 The loose-head prop puts the inside foot forward. 1960 E. S. Higham & W. J. Higham High Speed Rugby xiv. 195 We will refer to the hooker who has the loose head..as the ‘loose-head hooker’. < as lemmas |
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