subs. (vulgar).—The posterior; the rump; BUM (q.v.); ARSE (q.v.). Also (2) = the back or hinder part of a garment.
1551. STILL, Gammer Gurton’s Needle, ii. 4. I would thou hadst kiss’d me I wot where: (she meant I know BEHIND).
1786. Lounger, 54. 17. Two young Ladies … with new Hats on their heads, new Bosoms, and new BEHINDS in a band-box.
c. 1830. GEORGE IV. [in Saturday Review (1862) 8 Feb.]. Go and do my bidding—tell him he lies, and kick his BEHIND in my name.
1833. MARRYAT, Peter Simple, I. ix. That I might not have the front of my trowsers torn as well as the BEHIND.
3. (Eton and Winchester).—A back at football. At Eton called SHORT BEHIND and LONG BEHIND, usually abbreviated to ‘short’ and ‘long.’ At Winchester, SECOND BEHIND and LAST BEHIND. These answer to the half-back and back of Association football. At Winchester, in the Fifteens, there is also a THIRD BEHIND.
BEHIND ONE’S SIDE (Winchester College), is used of a man when nearer the opponent’s goal than the player of his team who last touched the ball.
