| 释义 |
steepler Cricket.|ˈstiːplə(r)|
[f. steeple v. + -er1.]
= skyer, esp. one from which the batsman is caught out.
1959Times 7 Aug. 4/2 He was caught and bowled off a steepler. 1963Times 5 Feb. 3/6 Parfitt at long-on judged a steepler well to end the innings. 1976Cricketer Internat. Sept. 35/2 Crockham Hill caught everything, including two stupendous steeplers in the last over. |