Cricket. Designating a fielding position very close to the batter facing the bowler. Chiefly in silly mid-on, silly mid-off, silly point.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [adjective] > fielding positions (4) silly1862 Cricket. Designating a fielding position very close to the batter facing the bowler. Chiefly in silly mid-on, silly mid-off, silly point. deep1867 Cricket. Of a fielder or fielding position: farther than normal from the batsman. (See also deep field n. at compounds 3 below.) fine1882 Cricket. Of a fielding position: behind the wicket and close (typically closer than usual) to the area lying straight behind the wicketkeeper… backward point1904 In Cricket, directed to the back or rear. (a) of play or a player = back play n. at back-, comb._form affix 2; (b) of a fielder or his or her… |
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