TOUCHBACK

touchback

(noun) (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Presumably: touchdown + back

Noun

touchback (plural touchbacks)

(American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.

The ball sailed into the end zone for a touchback and the Eagles had possession on the 20-yard line.

Source: Wiktionary


Touch"back`, n. (G)

Definition: The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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