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goalframe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡəʊlˌfɹeɪm/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From goal + frame.

Meanings

  1. The structure of the goal, generally consisting of two goalposts and a crossbar.
    • Certainly, no one used the goalframe to his advantage more than Orr, especially when penalty-killing. 2001, Steve Dryden, The Hockey News Century of Hockey: A Season-By-Season Celebration, page 11:
    • It actually overstepped the mark because with stoppage time approaching several fans came onto the pitch and even dislodged the goalframe to my left in premature celebration. 2009, Richard Brentnall, A Different Corner: Exploring Spanish Football, page 180:
    • Had the goalframe been round in cross section, as was common in France, rather than square as it was in Glasgow, Jacques Santini's thirty-ninth minute header would–St Etienne insisted–have cannoned in rather than out and they would have taken the lead. 2013, Jonathan Wilson, Scott Murray, The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches:

Forms

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Translations (1)

fr cadre (in sports, the structure of the goal)