Usually it is associated with football players because of playing on rigid surfaces such as artificial turf. (sportstarsmag.com)
This furniture paint has been specifically designed to be used on bare or painted wood or any suitably primed rigid surface such as plaster, bricks, metal, glass and plastic. (idealhome.co.uk)
Northrop Grumman Corporation engineer Allen Arata created an aircraft wing edge that controls lift, roll, and pitch safely and efficiently with a single, continuous rigid surface rather than multiple surfaces. (discovermagazine.com)