no sideint.n.
/ˌnəʊ ˈsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌnoʊ ˈsaɪd/ Rugby.
A. int.
Signifying the end of a game (or session of play).
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no side1857
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. v. 125 Five o'clock strikes. ‘No side’ is called, and the first day of the School-house match is over.
1874 Rugby Union Football Ann. 1874–5 39 Glasgow were again compelled to touch the ball down before the call of ‘No-side’, when the match was declared drawn in favour of Edinburgh.
1882 Standard 20 Nov. 2/8 When ‘no side’ was called, the University were left the winners.
2003 hampsteadrugbyclub.co.uk 3 Sept. (O.E.D. Archive) No side was called and Hampstead turned around, ready to wind up the speed demon of Ollie Pool who definitely had his skates on this week after a sojourn in sunny Dublin.
B. n.
The time when ‘no side’ is called to announce the end of a game or session of play; full time.
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no side1904
1904 P. G. Wodehouse Gold Bat xi. 126 The whistle blew for no-side.
1931 Times 16 Feb. 5/1 They had looked a beaten team when, a quarter of an hour from ‘no side’, England at last managed to score a try.
1968 Listener 8 Aug. 189/1 The Lions took the lead ten minutes from no side, at which point the referee began awarding penalty kicks at goal to the Transvaal side.
1995 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 23 Sept. 24/3 As no-side approached, Dave Todd kicked a penalty to give Cowal a small crumb of comfort for their efforts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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