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centre ((n.))
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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in hockey or lacrosse, the team position between the two wings in the forward line; the person playing this position.
See: centreman
Quotations
1902
But before the latter could get up speed, Hughie was upon him, and ignoring the [lacrosse] ball, blocked and bothered and checked him, till one of the Twentieth centers, rushing in, secured it for his side.
1963
Kingston's centres . . . consistently beat their Sudbury counterparts on the faceoffs, the puck was thrown back to the defencemen on the point and all the Kingston goals were started from there.