set piece
See also: setpiece and set-piece
English
Noun
set piece (plural set pieces)
- a piece of freestanding stage scenery
- any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation
- an elaborate and interesting scene in a movie or video game, usually the most important and visually iconic scene in the work.
- 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- What’s so great about the episode is it takes its time. The first 30 minutes of this 79-minute behemoth—a model for season eight’s reportedly extended run-times—are a single set piece, the big parlay in the Dragon Pit at King’s Landing.
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- (soccer) any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff.
- Roberto Carlos is deadly from set pieces.
See also
- dead ball