flagfall

English

Etymology

From flag +‎ fall.

Noun

flagfall (plural flagfalls)

1. (horse racing) The start of a horse race
   • 1945, Con O'Leary, The Grand National:

     Boyce took him ahead at the flagfall , with the Hughes horse in pursuit

   • June 22, 2020, David Milnes, The Lir Jet swoops late to deny Wesley Ward's Golden Pal in Norfolk in The Racing Post

     The result looked unlikely soon after flagfall when Wesley Ward's Golden Pal blazed a trail down the centre of the track under Andrea Atzeni

2. (Australia, New Zealand) A fixed fare charged at the beginning of a taxi ride

Related terms

• flag down

References

• “flagfall”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.