H-shaped
Speech parts
1. H-shaped - Adjective
2. H-shaped - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
shaped in the form of the letter H
Source: WordNetRelated terms
Examples
In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players (two more than rugby league ) using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts on each try line.
Modular robots may be composed of L-shaped modules, cubic modules, and U and H-shaped modules.
Mies' design included a bronze curtain wall with external H-shaped mullions that were exaggerated in depth beyond what was structurally necessary.
In earlier football games (both professional and collegiate), the goal post began at the goal line, and was usually an H-shaped bar.
The goalposts may be H-shaped (both posts fixed in the ground) although in the higher-calibre competitions the tuning-fork design (supported by a single curved post behind the goal line, so that each post starts convert above the ground) is preferred.
When these or H-shaped goal posts are used in football, the lower portions of the posts are covered with several inches of heavy foam padding to protect the safety of the players.