loosehead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum, such that in a scrum, their head is not tightly bound (unlike that of the tighthead)

Word forms

loosehead looseheads

Etymology

From loose + head.

Related words

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