open field

noun

, Football.

1. any area of the playing field away from the heavily trafficked line of scrimmage, in which the defense is widely scattered.

open-field

adjective

1. prenominal medieval history of or denoting the system in which an arable area was divided into unenclosed strips, esp cultivated by different tenants

Example Sentences

Too many missed blocks at the line of scrimmage and tackles in the open field.

From Los Angeles Times

On May 10 of this year, during a Super Bowl of northern lights shows, I drove an hour north of the Twin Cities and met up with a friend and his kids in a wetland where we heard spring peepers and a whip-poor-will, and waded through the spring grasses to an open field a few minutes after midnight.

From Slate

They lighted the fireworks in an open field and then fled the scene in a silver pickup truck, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The one place to escape the heat was a bus without air conditioning parked in an open field.

From BBC

The early momentum belonged to Hawaii after punter Lucas Borrow took a snap, saw plenty of open field in front of him and took off running.

From Los Angeles Times