flagfall
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
flagfall (plural flagfalls)
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race
- 1945, Con O'Leary, The Grand National:
- Boyce took him ahead at the flagfall , with the Hughes horse in pursuit
- June 22, 2020, David Milnes, The Lir Jet swoops late to deny Wesley Ward's Golden Pal in Norfolk in The Racing Post
- The result looked unlikely soon after flagfall when Wesley Ward's Golden Pal blazed a trail down the centre of the track under Andrea Atzeni
- (Australia, New Zealand) A fixed fare charged at the beginning of a taxi ride
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “flagfall”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.