outcourt

plural outcourts

1. An outer or exterior court.

   the skirts and outcourts of heaven

   1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

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   There is an outcourt or quadrant, whereof one side is a gallery to walk in, being in length six hundred feet.

   1852, Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses, page 52

   If it is made up of those who shall persevere in holiness to the end of life, and be saved with an everlasting salvation, the church on earth being, as it werre, the outcourt and emblem of the church in heaven, and the church militant composed of those who shall form the church triumphant, then infants have properly no place in it.

   1890, Ford's Christian Repository & Home Circle, page 416

   About the middle of June, 1642, the Residence of the Fathers at St. Marys-on-the-Wye, its outcourt and surrounding buildings, slept in dreamy, peaceful slumber.

   1912, William Richard Harris, Pioneers of the Cross in Canada, page 131

2. ball gamesThe other half of the court from the goal one is aiming for.

   Offensive player in the middle of the outcourt receives a pass from one of his teammates.

   1951, Blair Gullion, Techniques and Tactics of Basketball Defense, page 60

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   For Calvin it was Rog Postmus with 18, mostly from outcourt, Duane Rosendahl with 16, Stu Sisco with 15, and Preston "Butts" Kool had 10.

   1992, Gordon M. Brewer, --But how You Played the Game!: 1862-1955, page 169

   […] shows that all shots are taken from outcourt, this is not necessarily true because it is possible, by reversing direction, for the dribbler to catch his guard overplaying him and drive in for a layup.

   1970, William Albert Healey, Joseph W. Hartley, Ten Great Basketball Offenses, page 132

1. not comparableball gamesPlaying or played on the outcourt.

   The middle man normally will be the outcourt defensive man, away from the rebound.

   1969, Robert J. Buck, The Shuffle and Press Offense for High School Basketball, page 29

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   Special mention is due Abadie, 03, Heyman, 04, whose outcourt playing is excellent, and Roos, '04, who has shown good judgment in placing the ball.

   1883, “College Sports”, in The Occident, page 244

   It should also be remembered that the outcourt shots are all taken from behind the screen.

   1970, William Albert Healey, Joseph W. Hartley, Ten Great Basketball Offenses, page 132

   Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team.

   2018, Ace Banking And Static Awareness, page 273

2. not comparablelawOccurring outside the courtroom; adjudicated outside of a trial.

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   As Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat apologises for having published the claims originally published by The Sunday Telegraph regarding Mr. Rached Ghannouchi who has won a court case against the paper. It publishes this clarification in its insistance upon objective truth and the rights of readers and of Mr. Ghannouchi, after having reached an outcourt settlement with Mr. Ghannouchi, and expresses its regret for what the news item has caused him.

   1997, Tunisia Insight, page 9

1. not comparableball gamesOn the outcourt.

   Jack felt a warm glow of pride as he watched his brother smoothly carry the ball outcourt and then turn to drive in with flashing legs and lace the leather through the net.

   1953, Leon E. Burgoyne, Jack Davis, Forward, page 52

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   Many coaches are of the opinion that high school teams attempt too many rebound shots but would profit by dribbling or passing the ball outcourt more often and starting their offensive attack over again.

   1946, Athletic Journal - Volume 27, page 22

present singular third person outcourts · participle present outcourting · participle past outcourted · past outcourted

1. transitiveTo woo or court in a better, more successful or more assiduous manner.

   Any American can outcourt any weakling Englishman.

   2004, Jude Deveraux, Lost Lady, page 236

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   I came of a very robust family; I'll agree now to outcourt any two girls in this town if you give me likely material—a-hem!

   1914, Sol Smith Russel, “The Proposal”, in The Speaker's Garland and Literary Bouquet, volume 1, page 134

   I knew from the beginning that I would have to move fast to keep Minnie to myself. Kansas City was full of rakehell bachelors, all of whom I had to outcourt.

   1982, Roy Wilkins, Tom Mathews, Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins - Volume 10, page 79

   It shows the peahens that the peacock is strong. And it shows other males that this peacock can outstrut, outfly, outcourt, and generally outcompete them.

   2014, Bill Nye, Corey S. Powell, Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation