coffin corner

Noun

(WWII) The position in a formation of ships or bombers that is most exposed to enemy fire.

Japanese Meaning

艦隊や爆撃編隊において、敵の攻撃に最も晒される、極めて危険な位置を指す。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

襲撃の最中、彼は編隊で最も敵の攻撃にさらされる位置を取るのをためらった。真っ先に狙われると分かっていたからだ。

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Sense（1）

(WWII) The position in a formation of ships or bombers that is most exposed to enemy fire.

We'd though that because of the TNT we might be somewhere in the middle. But we got the rear corner on the starboard side. They call that the coffin corner.

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Sense（2）

(aviation) A situation in which the aircraft cannot increase or decrease its airspeed without stalling or buffeting.

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Sense（3）

(American football) 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.

During that second half, Carideo, one of Notre Dame's greatest punters, repeatedly kept SMU bottled up deep in its own territory on “coffin-corner” punts which invariably went out of bounds inside the Mustangs' 10-yard line.

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