Definitions for goalpost
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
goal′post`(n.)
or goal′ post`
a post supporting a crossbar and, with it, forming the goal on a playing field in certain sports, as football.
Category: Sport
Origin of goalpost:
1855–60
Princeton's WordNet
goalpost(noun)
one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field
Wiktionary
goalpost(Noun)
In American football, the tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal. Originally, they were H-shaped, with two wooden posts on either side.
goalpost(Noun)
One of the two side poles of the goal.
Translations for goalpost
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
goalpost(noun)
one of the two upright posts which form the goal in football, rugby, hockey etc.
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