open-field
adjectiveDefinition of open-field
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: of, relating to, or constituting a system of agriculture widely practised in medieval Europe and based upon dividing the arable land into unenclosed strips usually subject to a 3-year rotation and upon distributing it among different cultivators
2
of a football player
: notably capable of gaining yardage in a broken field
an open-field runner
open field
nounDefinition of open field (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: broken field
2
: an unhampered chance
given an open field to experiment