loosehead

noun

loosehead

noun

Etymology From loose + head.

1

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rugby, Sports prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum, such that in a scrum, their head is not tightly bound (unlike that of the tighthead)

Related terms
tighthead

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