in-goal Rugby Football.
(ˈɪngəʊl)
[f. in prep. + goal n. 3.]
(See quot. 1897.)
| 1897 Encycl. Sport I. 430/2 Those portions of the ground immediately at the ends of the field of play and between the touch-lines, produced to the dead-ball lines, are called in-goal. The goal-lines are in-goal. 1935 [see fair a. 10 d]. 1960 V. Jenkins Lions Down Under xiv. 207 The penalty-try awarded when E. J. Faire obstructed A. J. F. O'Reilly in the in-goal area. |