Associations to the word «Goalpost»

Wiktionary

GOALPOST, noun. (sports) In American football, the tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal. Originally, they were H-shaped, with two wooden posts on either side.
GOALPOST, noun. (sports) One of the two side poles of the goal.

Dictionary definition

GOALPOST, noun. One of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field.

Wise words

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