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

It's a far less open field than the 108 vacancies he had at the start of his first term.

From Salon

Foster finally felt his chest burning toward the end of a 65-yard touchdown run in which he was in the open field once he got past cornerback Daylon McCutcheon.

From Los Angeles Times

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