splitting field
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of splitting field
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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February found him practicing maneuvers on a shooting field on the frosty shores of the Baltic Sea as fellow soldiers gathered around a bonfire to keep warm.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2017
At one point in the late afternoon an unidentified boy dashed onto the shooting field and retrieved a wounded pigeon.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
They both looked ahead, at the shooting field, as they spoke.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
Summer has nearly two months to run, but the shooting field, covered in feathers, has a look of gray, demented autumn.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
Palmer stepped away from the people then, into the clear, onto the shooting field, the better to be seen, for he knew now that there was no stopping it.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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