boundary corner

plural boundary corners

1. American footballA defensive position, responsible for covering the deep half of the field on the boundary side.

   The field corner and boundary corner line up on number 1 strong and number 1 weak, respectively.

   2000, Dick tomey, Rich Ellerson, Larry MacDuff, and Johnnie Lynn, “Swarming the Offense”, in American Football Coaches Association, editor, Defensive Football Strategies, page 80

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   If Cover 4 is played with the strong safety in a cloud position and the boundary corner as the deep- one-half defender, the boundary corner has similar alignment and responsibility as in Cover 5.

   2008, Ron Vanderlinden, Football's Eagle & Stack Defenses, page 34

   Even if the 5-foot-10 Gladney doesn’t stick as a boundary corner because of his size, his coverage skills, tenacity and feistiness make him an ideal candidate to flourish in the slot.

   2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020

2. The corner where two boundary lines meet.

   It should be utilized only when there is absolutely no evidence of the original location of a boundary corner.

   2016, George M. Cole, Donald A. Wilson, Land Tenure, Boundary Surveys, and Cadastral Systems, page 122

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   The traditional method of searching for a boundary corner is with the circle, or spiral, search, which has been recommended by (government) for some time.

   2008, Donald A. Wilson, Forensic Procedures for Boundary and Title Investigation, page 35

   For example in Fig. 7.7, the total record length is 160.00 chains and the record distance to the boundary corner is 80.00 chains.

   2014, Paul Gay, Practical Boundary Surveying: Legal and Technical Principles, page 108