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Any of a group of players positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs; consists of the left wing, the inside centre, the outside centre and the right wing
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three-quarter back — noun see three quarter II, 2 * * * three quarter back noun (rugby) A player between halfbacks and full back • • • Main Entry: ↑three * * * three quarter back, Rugby. one of the four backs whose normal position is in front of the fullback and… … Useful english dictionary
three-quarter — I. adjective or three quarters ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ 1. a. : of, relating to, or being a painted portrait measuring 30 by 25 inches or one showing the figure down to the hips only b. : of, relating to, or being a photographic portrait … Useful english dictionary
three-quarter — 1. adjective a) of three fourths of the usual dimension b) with the subject turned slightly away from a frontal view Syn: three quarters … Wiktionary
three-quarter binding — n. a type of bookbinding in which the material of the back, usually leather, is extended onto the covers for one third of their width … English World dictionary
three-quarter binding — noun the spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover • Hypernyms: ↑binding, ↑book binding, ↑cover, ↑back * * * noun : a book binding in which the material (as leather) of the backbone and the corners is… … Useful english dictionary
Three quarter pants — Clamdigger redirects here. For the practice of harvesting clams, see Clam digging. A woman wearing pedal pusher pants, 1942 Three quarter pants, pedal pu … Wikipedia
three-quarter nelson — noun : a wrestling hold in which a wrestler kneeling beside a prone opponent passes his far arm under the opponent s corresponding arm and behind his neck and grasps the wrist of his own near arm passed under his opponent s body from the near… … Useful english dictionary
three-quarter binding — /θri kwɔtə ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ (say three kwawtuh buynding) noun a book binding in which the leather back extends farther towards the side covers than in half binding …
three-quarter binding — Bookbinding. a binding in which the material used for the back extends further over the covers than in half binding. [1895 1900] * * * … Universalium
three-quarter nelson — Wrestling. a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position behind a prone opponent, applies a half nelson with one arm, passes the other arm under the opponent s body on the near side, and locks the arms at the fingers or wrist on the back… … Universalium
