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Lineout meaning

  1. A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
  2. The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1).
  3. An out produced by catching a line drive.

Using Lineout

  • The main meaning on this page is: A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team. | The lineup of players in a lineout (sense 1). | An out produced by catching a line drive.
  • In the example corpus, lineout often appears in combinations such as: the lineout, lineout and, from lineout.

Context around Lineout

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

wallaby 1× glasgow 1× canadian 1×

Often after:

drives 2× close 1× puts 1× billy 1× issues 1×

Sentence patterns with Lineout

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a canadian lineout billy odhiambo 1× and a lineout to end 1× at a lineout the wallabies 1× ball at lineout time 1× came from lineout drives and 1× drive a lineout just inside 1× dubon to lineout 1× from a lineout before spires 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a huge intervention 1× after a knock 1× after bryston stott 1× another zippy first 1× dunedin also scored 1× england catch and 1×

Common sentence endings:

a sound foundation 1× another costelow penalty 1× at lineout time 1× ball into touch 1× before touching down 1× boot it away 1×

Words around Lineout

Just before it in the word index:

lineo 5 linens 63 linen 276 linemen 226 linemates 17 linemate 15

Just after it in the word index:

lineouts 6 liner 372 linera 4 linerboard 2 liners 223 lines 9.227

Similar in corpus frequency:

adorn 129 adp 129 affirms 129 aguilar 129 akeredolu 129 alleviating 129

Corpus analysis for Lineout

  • In this selection, "lineout" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, wallaby, glasgow, canadian, drives, close and puts stand out and add context to how "lineout" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a canadian lineout billy odhiambo and and a lineout to end. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "lineout" sits close to words such as adorn, adp and affirms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with lineout

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Italy will have a lineout on the Irish 22. (9 words)

Morpeth couldn’t win possession at either scrum or lineout. (10 words)

In a lineout, he (Woki) is in the middle of the lineout. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

The Wallaby lineout, one horror show excluded, has functioned at 88.4% (top five, ahead of South Africa and England), but steered away from the middle (only 23.2% of throws went to the heart of the lineout; only Tonga and Uruguay were lower). (44 words)

It wasn’t necessarily pretty from Steve Borthwick’s side: three of their five tries came from lineout drives, and another from forward pick and goes immediately after a yellow card, but the basics were good, which gives them a sound foundation. (42 words)

Worcester eventually scored the game’s first try with a drive from a lineout before Spires responded with a penalty only for the home side to strike again from another lineout close to the Redditch line. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Wallaby lineout, one horror show excluded, has functioned at 88.4% (top five, ahead of South Africa and England), but steered away from the middle (only 23.2% of throws went to the heart of the lineout; only Tonga and Uruguay were lower).

Worcester eventually scored the game’s first try with a drive from a lineout before Spires responded with a penalty only for the home side to strike again from another lineout close to the Redditch line.

In a lineout, he (Woki) is in the middle of the lineout.

After a knock-on at a lineout, the Wallabies’ scrum was crunched and the Kiwis returned to the Wallabies’ line.

After Bryston Stott hit a liner that sailed past Byran Reynolds in left field for another double, Keller got a groundout and a lineout to end the second inning.

A huge intervention by Peter O’Mahony at lineout time and Etzebeth can only pat the ball into touch.

Another zippy first phase move off the top of the lineout puts England on the ball in the Scotland half, but the defence marshal well to leave Farrell with little choice to boot it away.

Dunedin also scored two more tries from lineout drives but butchered some with the loose-carry issue.

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England catch and drive a lineout just inside the Japan half and it’s slowly oozing forward towards the 22 before the ball is released an immediately lost to Nakamura.

England’s pack rumbled forwards from a lineout before the fly-half Holly Aitchison’s clever kick allowed Tatyana Heard to score her side’s second try.

Excellent execution by Ireland, who are eight out of eight on their own ball at lineout time.

Gray’s absence was being keenly felt in the Glasgow lineout and Scarlets extended their lead just before the break with another Costelow penalty.

Italy will have a lineout on the Irish 22.

It wasn’t necessarily pretty from Steve Borthwick’s side: three of their five tries came from lineout drives, and another from forward pick and goes immediately after a yellow card, but the basics were good, which gives them a sound foundation.

Jeremy Thrush wins a lineout during his inspired comeback for the Western Force at Perth's HBF Park.

Jose LeClerc, who gave up the go-ahead home run in Game 5, entered after Tucker's walk and induced Dubon to lineout.

Morpeth couldn’t win possession at either scrum or lineout.

Newent infringed again and Thorns drove Luke Panting over for a try from another lineout.

Shujaa started brightly, seeing more of the ball and indeed scored off a stolen ball from a Canadian lineout, Billy Odhiambo playing in captain Nelson Oyoo who turned his defenders inside out before touching down.

South Africa, give or take their lineout issues in the final, made fewer errors when it mattered and, lo and behold, ended up with the trophy.

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Common combinations with lineout

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "lineout" in a sentence?
An example: "The Wallaby lineout, one horror show excluded, has functioned at 88.4% (top five, ahead of South Africa and England), but steered away from the middle (only 23.2% of throws went to the heart of the lineout; only Tonga and Uruguay were lower)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "lineout" from authentic English texts.
What does "lineout" mean?
Lineout means: A set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
How many example sentences with "lineout" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "lineout", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.