English

A goalpost in American football

Noun

goalpost ‎(plural goalposts)

1. (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.
2. (sports) One of the two side poles of the goal.

Related terms

• move the goalposts

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• go postal

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