coffin corner (English, noun)
expansion: coffin corner (plural coffin corners)
Senses:
qualifier: World War II
glosses: The position in a formation of ships or bombers that is most exposed to enemy fire.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A situation in which the aircraft cannot increase or decrease its airspeed without stalling or buffeting.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A corner of the field formed by the opponent's goal line and a sideline, into which a punt is often aimed in order to force the opposition to play close to their goal line.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coffin, corner.
Forms:
form: coffin corners
tags: plural