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Definition of Straight-arm
1. Noun. (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent.
Category relationships: American Football, American Football Game
Definition of Straight-arm
1. Verb. To ward off by holding the arms out straight ¹
2. Noun. An instance of this ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Straight-arm
Literary usage of Straight-arm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederic Remsen Hutton (1908)
"The straight arm is carefully tapered from the hub to the rim, ... The objection
to the straight arm, which the curved arm is designed to avoid, ..."
2. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1908)
"The straight arm is carefully tapered from the hub to the rim, ... The objection
to the straight arm, which the curved arm is designed to avoid, ..."
3. Polo by T. B. Drybrough (1898)
"The right shoulder again comes square forward ; hand and legs grip tightly ; and
the ball is swept away with a straight arm and a forward flexion of the ..."
4. Manual of Physical Drill: United States Army by Edmund Luther Butts (1900)
"Throw legs well up in forward swing and backward swing. e. Straddle legs when
over bar during forward or backward swing. 2. Swing in straight-arm rest and ..."
5. Manual of Physical Drill: United States Army by Edmund Luther Butts (1897)
"Swing in straight-arm rest and drop to bent- arm rest and return without pause
or jerk to straight- arm rest. This bending of the arms can take place a. ..."
6. Inside Football by Frank W. Cavanaugh (1919)
"Ability to straight-arm effectively is a matter of natural gift as well ...
The straight arm should not be elected, as a rule, if the back is a fair dodger. ..."
7. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1884)
"A great deal has been written about suspicious action, and we here wish to express
our firm conviction that only straight-arm bowling should be allowed. ..."
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