coffin corner

noun

Football. a corner of the field inside the ten-yard line, especially as the target of a punt intended to go out of bounds in this area and so put the receiving team in a position near its goal line.

Nearby words

cofferdam, coffered, coffeyville, coffin, coffin bone, coffin corner, coffin nail, coffin, levi, coffin-siris syndrome, coffinite, coffle

Origin of coffin corner

First recorded in 1940–45