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cricket-bat
1. = bat n.2 3 a.
1743Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas 130 The Indians had nothing in their Hands but a Club, like to our Cricket-Batts. 1860All Year Round No. 53. 58, I observe a sheaf of cricket-bats in the corner. 1900Daily News 9 June 6/5 Each has been engaged on his particular branch of the work of cricket bat making. 1964W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 37 The cricket-bat maker's side-axe.
2. cricket-bat willow = bat-willow (see bat n.2 V).
1926G. C. Druce Flora of Bucks. 314 Salix alba, var. caerulea. Cricket-bat Willow. This occurs as a female planted tree, sometimes 100 ft. high. 1933Discovery Feb. 66/1 There is more than one botanical variety being grown under the name of ‘cricket-bat willow’. 1955G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 257 Cricket bats, from the Cricket Bat willow, which is Salix alba var. coerulea. |