• Three-quarter

    Full definition of three-quarter

    Adjective

    three-quarter

    1. of three fourths of the usual dimension
    2. (of a portrait) with the subject turned slightly away from a frontal view

    Noun

    1. (rugby) A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)
      • 2011, September 18, Ben Dirs, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia, England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.
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