rugby unionn.

Brit.

/ˌrʌɡbɪ ˈjuːnɪən/, U.S.

/ˌrəɡbi ˈjunjən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rugby n., union n.²

Etymology: < rugby n. + union n.²

1. Chiefly with the and capital initials. An association of rugby clubs formed in England in 1871 to harmonize the rules of the game and regulate competitions. Also: any similar association of rugby clubs in another country.Called in full the Rugby Football Union, the organization governs the game in England. Similar associations were subsequently set up in other rugby-playing countries.

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rugby union1871

union1871

rugby league1905

1871 Field 22 July 82/2 (heading) The Rugby Union. A special general meeting of the Rugby Football Union will be held at the Arundel Hotel, Arundel Street, Strand, on Monday evening.

1903 Sporting News (Launceston, Tasmania) May 3/7 Hon. treasurer of the Rugby union; on being asked his opinion of the Australian game said [etc.].

1955 Times 3 May 4/2 Permission has been given by the Rugby Union for the Coventry team to play an out-of-the-season game.

2007 P. Rishworth in D. Oliver & J. Fedtke Human Rights & Private Sphere ii. x. 312 Not being members of the Rugby Union, the plaintiffs had no standing to sue to enforce its rules.

2. Also occasionally with capital initials. The game of rugby played according to the rules of the Rugby Football Union.Rugby union is played with a team of 15 players, and its rules differ from those of rugby league in various respects, most notably in its retention of such features as contested scrums, mauls, rucks, and line-outs, and its different system of scoring.Until 1995 rugby union was a strictly amateur game, in contrast to rugby league, which allowed professionalism (see the note at rugby league n. 1).

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of

rugby football1852

rugby union1873

seven-a-side1896

rugby league1923

sevens1926

touch rugby1926

Rugby sevens1929

touch1936

touch rugger1942

tag rugby1969

mini-rugby1974

1873 G. A. Bishop Diary 25 Nov. in Mem. Cambr. Undergraduate (1876) iii. 60 Saw also a game of football, Rugby Union, on Parker's Piece.

1883 Marlburian 14 Mar. 44/1 It is alleged that the scrimmages of Rugby Union cut up the ground too much, but this cannot be said of Association.

1901 R. Marsh Both Sides of Veil 131 I don't call that a bad state of the ground for football—not for Rugby Union.

1958 Winnipeg Free Press 10 Dec. 28/6 In Australia, Rugby Union draws crowds of up to 20,000.

1981 Bulletin (Sydney) 9 June 98/3 Rugby union is no longer the old-school-tie game it once was.

2005 J. Harms Pearl iv. 57 His nephew Paul had played rugby union at Toowoomba Grammar School.

Compounds

General attributive.

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1871 Bell's Life in London 7 Oct. 2 (advt.) The Association Laws, the Public School Laws, and the Rugby Union Laws.

1885 M. Shearman & J. E. Vincent Football 45 Before the days of the Rugby Union and Association rules.

1903 Western Field Apr. 192/1 Goalkeepers used to kick much more than they do now; old Rugby Union players were often chosen to defend the goal.

1969 Listener 20 Mar. 384/3 The ‘sheer disorder’ of the broken field of your Rugby Union game.

1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Sport section) 9/2 This was his first start in a rugby union match.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rugby union
释义	rugby unionn. Brit. /ˌrʌɡbɪ ˈjuːnɪən/, U.S. /ˌrəɡbi ˈjunjən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rugby n., union n.² Etymology: < rugby n. + union n.² 1. Chiefly with the and capital initials. An association of rugby clubs formed in England in 1871 to harmonize the rules of the game and regulate competitions. Also: any similar association of rugby clubs in another country.Called in full the Rugby Football Union, the organization governs the game in England. Similar associations were subsequently set up in other rugby-playing countries. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of player > associations rugby union1871 union1871 rugby league1905 1871 Field 22 July 82/2 (heading) The Rugby Union. A special general meeting of the Rugby Football Union will be held at the Arundel Hotel, Arundel Street, Strand, on Monday evening. 1903 Sporting News (Launceston, Tasmania) May 3/7 Hon. treasurer of the Rugby union; on being asked his opinion of the Australian game said [etc.]. 1955 Times 3 May 4/2 Permission has been given by the Rugby Union for the Coventry team to play an out-of-the-season game. 2007 P. Rishworth in D. Oliver & J. Fedtke Human Rights & Private Sphere ii. x. 312 Not being members of the Rugby Union, the plaintiffs had no standing to sue to enforce its rules. 2. Also occasionally with capital initials. The game of rugby played according to the rules of the Rugby Football Union.Rugby union is played with a team of 15 players, and its rules differ from those of rugby league in various respects, most notably in its retention of such features as contested scrums, mauls, rucks, and line-outs, and its different system of scoring.Until 1995 rugby union was a strictly amateur game, in contrast to rugby league, which allowed professionalism (see the note at rugby league n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [noun] > types of rugby football1852 rugby union1873 seven-a-side1896 rugby league1923 sevens1926 touch rugby1926 Rugby sevens1929 touch1936 touch rugger1942 tag rugby1969 mini-rugby1974 1873 G. A. Bishop Diary 25 Nov. in Mem. Cambr. Undergraduate (1876) iii. 60 Saw also a game of football, Rugby Union, on Parker's Piece. 1883 Marlburian 14 Mar. 44/1 It is alleged that the scrimmages of Rugby Union cut up the ground too much, but this cannot be said of Association. 1901 R. Marsh Both Sides of Veil 131 I don't call that a bad state of the ground for football—not for Rugby Union. 1958 Winnipeg Free Press 10 Dec. 28/6 In Australia, Rugby Union draws crowds of up to 20,000. 1981 Bulletin (Sydney) 9 June 98/3 Rugby union is no longer the old-school-tie game it once was. 2005 J. Harms Pearl iv. 57 His nephew Paul had played rugby union at Toowoomba Grammar School. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1871 Bell's Life in London 7 Oct. 2 (advt.) The Association Laws, the Public School Laws, and the Rugby Union Laws. 1885 M. Shearman & J. E. Vincent Football 45 Before the days of the Rugby Union and Association rules. 1903 Western Field Apr. 192/1 Goalkeepers used to kick much more than they do now; old Rugby Union players were often chosen to defend the goal. 1969 Listener 20 Mar. 384/3 The ‘sheer disorder’ of the broken field of your Rugby Union game. 1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Sport section) 9/2 This was his first start in a rugby union match. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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