skull session

American  

noun

1. a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.

2. a meeting held by an athletic coach, as of football, to instruct team members in new plays or special strategy.

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Etymology

Origin of skull session

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

He’s a one-stop visitors bureau for information on seating, parking, food, skull session and OSU trivia.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2019

The impromptu skull session was a rare moment of down time during “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” a two-day conference on Mr. Joel’s music and lyrics that was held here over the weekend.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2016

Then the two groups of surgeons got together in a skull session with the anesthesiologists and the President's two personal physicians to settle details of what everyone would do in the morning.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had their last skull session on May 24, when Powell provided a tasty take-out lunch from Chicken-Out, a step up from the greasy grocery-chain fare he had served at their previous meeting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then they smiled, shook hands, and the President drove off for a dinner skull session with aides to prepare for the confrontation with an enemy in Vienna.

From Time Magazine Archive