ˈplace-kick Football.
[f. place n. + kick n.1]
a. (See quots., and cf. drop-kick.)
| 1856 Rules for Football, St. Peter's School, York ii, A place kick is a kick when the ball is previously placed on the ground... Kick off must be a place kick. 1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 60 The effortless place-kick Gaily carving the goalposts. 1950 Sport 22–28 Sept. 10/1 It may be interesting to know that the place-kick is the correct term for starting the game from the centre of the field at the commencement of the game, after half-time, and also when a goal has been scored. 1969 Official Playing Rules Nat. & Amer. Football Leagues 7 A Field Goal is made by kicking ball from field of play through the plane of opponents goal by a drop-kick or a place-kick either during a play from scrimmage..or a free kick after fair catch. |
b. = place-kicker.
| 1896 T. Eyton Rugby Football 12 ‘Mac’ was the place-kick of the Team. 1905 A. Conan Doyle Return of Sherlock Holmes 310 He's a fine place-kick, it's true, but..he has no judgment. |
So ˈplace-kick v., ˈplace-ˌkicker, ˈplace-ˈkicking.
| 1856 Rules for Football, St. Peter's School, York ix, It [the football] is to be place-kicked, and not dropped. 1890 Pall Mall G. 20 Oct. 1/3 A try, from which the champion place⁓kicker..gained a goal. 1892 Daily News 17 Oct. 5/1 [He] played for Scotland, and did the place-kicking at the early age of sixteen. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 6 Jan. 2/3 This place-kicking record was the least creditable feature of the game. 1961 Dallas Morning News 10 Oct. ii. 1/1 Ask coach Darrell Royal what position he plays and you'll get the quick response, ‘place-kicker’. 1972 J. Mosedale Football iv. 46 Waterfield could..pass, run, punt, place-kick..and play defense. 1978 Rugby World Apr. 28/2 As a place-kicker, he is remarkably similar to Phil Bennett. |