bodyline

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: body line

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun[edit]

bodyline (countable and uncountable, plural bodylines)

  1. Alternative form of body line

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

bodyline (not comparable)

  1. (cricket, now historical) Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.
    • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 3:
      The Cousins changed the game entirely, said the blimpish fellow: much as he might have deplored power tennis or bodyline bowling.

See also[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bodyline&oldid=77410419"