Wiktionary
centre half
alt. (context soccer English) A player in a former position corresponding to the modern centre-back. n. (context soccer English) A player in a former position corresponding to the modern centre-back.
Usage examples of "centre half".
You made a balls-up of your experiments, a few bats died, and if your theories became known outside this Research Centre half the population would be panicking.
He now has to drop and secure his oar, turn round on his centre half way, seize his harpoon from the crotch, and with what little strength may remain, he essays to pitch it somehow into the whale.