loosehead

English

Etymology

From loose +‎ head.

Noun

loosehead (plural looseheads)

1. (rugby) prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum, such that in a scrum, their head is not tightly bound (unlike that of the tighthead)

Translations

rugby player

Czech: levý pilíř m French: pilier gauche m German: linker Pfeiler m Polish: lewy filar m Welsh: prop penrhydd m

See also

• tighthead