centre half

noun

1. soccer hockey a defender who plays in the middle of the defence

Example Sentences

The players who, as a rule, make or mar the success of a side in modern football are the centre forward and the centre half-back.

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Garnish the edge with parsley, and set in the centre half a hard-boiled egg cut lengthwise in points and filled with capers.

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Walter Bull thinks the ideal place for a "skipper" is that of centre half, but some others have preferred the goalkeeper's place.

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In the latter you have all the play before you, but from centre half hints can be passed unobserved to the front line.

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