open-field

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English

Adjective

open-field (not comparable)

  1. (agriculture, historical) Of a farming system, in which each manor or village had two or three large fields divided into narrow strips of land individually cultivated by tenants or serfs.
  2. (American football) Of a player, capable of obtaining yardage in a broken field.

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