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Lusbg2001 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

What exactly means "Hut" in rugby

What exactly means the command "Hut" in rugby - maybe "start" or "pass", "serve", "shoot"...?
  

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), but I think it's more likely to simply mean a wooden building that the teams use as a changing room before and after the match.

  • ), but I think it's more likely to simply mean a wooden building that the teams use as a changing room before and after the match.
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Hi,

"Hut' could possibly mean any of those (I don't play rugby myself!), but I think it's more likely to simply mean a wooden building that the teams use as a changing room before and after the match.
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Hi,
'Hut two three four' are words used for counting in certain situations. In such a context, 'hut' seems to mean 'one'. I don't know why. It may be a corrupted form of 'up' (as in 'everybody get up on your toes and ready').

Soldiers march to such a count as chanted by their sergeant, and rugby and American football players start some special moves when they hear the c
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Hi Clive,

Yes, although we lack a full context for the original post, I think that your explanation of the term 'hut' here is more likely to be the correct one than is my own.
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Thank you, Clive. That`s more than enough for me Emotion: smile

Best wishes, Lucy

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