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safety touch

noun

  1. Canadian football a two-point play
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Now, my best lord,—in honour's name, I ask you, For manhood's sake, and for your own dear safety,— Touch not these poisoned gifts, Infected by the sender; touch them not; Myriads of bluest plagues lie underneath them, And more than aconite has dipt the silk.

With a brilliant series of passes the 'Varsity quarters and halves work the ball through the McGill twenty-five line, and by following hard a high punt, force the enemy to a safety touch.

Now, my best lord,—in honour's name, I ask you,   For manhood's sake, and for your own dear safety,—   Touch not these poisoned gifts,   Infected by the sender; touch them not;   Myriads of bluest plagues lie underneath them,   And more than aconite has dipt the silk.

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