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Definition of 'broken-field'

broken-field in American

(ˈbroʊkənˌfild ; brōˈkənfēldˌ)

adjective

American Football and Rugby

of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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