subs. (Eton College).—The goal line at football. [From a Latin sense of CALX = a goal, anciently marked with lime or chalk.] At Eton CALX is a space so marked off at each end of WALL; GOOD CALX is the end at which there is a door for a goal; BAD CALX the end where part of an elm tree serves the purpose.
1864. Daily Telegraph, Dec. 1. The Collegers were over-weighted … and the Oppidans managed to get the ball down into their CALX several times. [M.]
