GOALPOST

goalpost

(noun) one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

goalpost (plural goalposts)

(sports) One of the two vertical side poles of a goal.

(sports, American football) The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.)

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