WordNet
broken-field
adj. varying in direction suddenly and frequently; "broken-field running"
Usage examples of "broken-field".
The last man threw down his javelins and spear-thrower and charged, a longer stabbing spear in one hand and a flint hatchet in the other, dodging and jinking like a broken-field runner.
Cradling Sigurd in his arms, he wove through the cloister like a broken-field runner hurtling toward a goal.