noun
- vertical posts or supports, especially those used in construction or sports equipment
- the vertical posts of a goalpost in football or rugby
Usage: sports
Examples
- The carpenter installed wooden uprights to frame the wall.
- The football sailed between the uprights for a successful field goal.
- Metal uprights supported the scaffolding around the building.
- The rugby player aimed his kick at the uprights.
- Steel uprights formed the skeleton of the new warehouse.
- The kicker missed wide left of the uprights.