rouges
Meanings
Simple, point
A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored. (This scoring term is not often used in Canada, with the term single being more commonly used.)
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Rouge (au jeu de terrain d'Eton College)
In the Eton College field game, a scoring move accomplished by touching the ball down behind the opponents' goal-line (somewhat similar to the try in rugby). Originally, the player who scored the rouge had a chance to kick a goal, and the rouge was used as a tie-breaker if an equal number of goals was scored by each side. In the contemporary Eton College field game, a five-point score is awarded for kicking the ball so that it deflects off one of the opposing players and goes beyond the opposition's end of the pitch, and then touching the ball.
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"The rules for the school's football game in 1865 included the "rouges," a scoring method where players had to kick the ball between two flags. "
Les règles du match de football de l'école en 1865 comprenaient les « rouges », une méthode de pointage où les joueurs devaient frapper le ballon entre deux drapeaux.
Related Words
opposition noun
/ɒpəˈzɪʃən/ /ɑpəˈzɪʃn̩/
Opposition, conflit
L'opposition de l'élève aux nouvelles règles scolaires a causé une perturbation.
contemporary noun
/kənˈtɛm.p(ə).ɹi/ /kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/
Contemporain, contemporaine
"Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare."
