Definition of Broken-field

1. Adjective. Varying in direction suddenly and frequently. "Broken-field running"

Category relationships: Football, Football Game
Similar to: Broken

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broken-field

broke down
broke even
broke in
broke loose
broke off
broke out
broke the fourth wall
broke up
broked
brokedown
broken
broken-backed
broken-down
broken-field (current term)
broken-hearted
broken-winded
broken arch
broken bird
broken birds
broken chord
broken chords
broken consort
broken consorts
broken down
broken even
broken heart
broken hearts
broken home

Literary usage of Broken-field

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"SONGS IN A HOSPITAL THE BROKEN FIELD My soul is a dark ploughed field In the cold rain; My soul is a broken field Ploughed by pain. ..."

2. A Book of Yale Review Verse (1917)
"SARA TEASDALE SONGS IN A HOSPITAL The Broken Field My soul is a dark ploughed field In the cold rain; My soul is a broken field Ploughed by pain. ..."

3. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1921)
"... even during the nesting season, and in spring and summer seem to be equally busy "ploughing up" the earth in the already broken field with their long, ..."

4. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1904)
"... even during the nesting season, and in spring and summer seem to be equally busy "ploughing up" the earth in the already broken field with their long, ..."

5. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"... which naturally occur during the great crushes are soon again covered by fresh ice in winter ; the intense cold keeps repairing the broken field of ice. ..."

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