re: Question term used in track for stepping over foul line

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term peelayed

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We always used this if you got hit especially hard on a tackle, or hit a ball really hard.

"You got peelayed!" "Or, wow...you peelatyed the shite out of the ball!"

Grew up in St. Charles Parish.

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We used this term for field events. Stepping out of the circle for shotput or discuss was a peelay

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I remember the term being used for stepping over the board in the long jump or triple jump.

cajun to english would be ..pelted

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Basically, if someone knocked the shite out of someone else, it was said that “he got peelayed” or “he peelayed him”.

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We use peelayed all the time in scenarios like that. Especially after a couple of brews.

Yes. I was a long jumper in the 70s and when your toe was past the board on launch it was a peelay and an invalid jump.

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Growing up in Thibodaux, Louisiana, Ashlie was accustomed to using many Cajun terms, such as sha bébé, a version of cher bébé meaning “poor baby,” ya mom ‘n’ ’em for “your family and circle of friends,” and lagniappe, meaning “a little something extra thrown in.” Another one is pelay, pronounced PEE-lay, which she uses to describe an action like stubbing her toe or bumping her knee. It’s from piler, which according to the Dictionary of Louisiana French has a variety of meanings, including “to trample or crush,” “to beat,” or “to step on someone’s foot.” This is part of a complete episode.

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https://www.waywordradio.org/pelay-piler-louisiana-french/

I've heard it used it at track meets, in the 70's. When someone stepped over the line the official called out, "Peelay!"

Louisiana term

Actually, the “greater” River Parishes area for sure

Samesies

Used in N. La. In track during my childhood.
Stepping over the board on broad, triple jump.