| 单词 | leather-hunting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleather-hunting leather-hunting n. Cricket slang (cf. sense 2c) fielding; esp. a colloquial term for fielding when the batter is hitting out as freely as he likes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] scouting1815 fielding1823 leather-hunting1865 1865 J. Pycroft Cricketana xiii. 224 I like science more than swiping, and enjoy ‘fielding’, but not leather hunting. 1886 G. Sutherland Australia xxvii. 178 Occasionally, in summer, there are days when..the pastime of ‘leather hunting’ becomes somewhat tiresome. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 19 June 7/1 The Westerners had a long day's leather hunting at Lord's yesterday. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill xii. 254 And then, when his ‘eye’ is in, he will give the Etonians such leather-hunting as they never had before. 1934 W. J. Lewis Lang. Cricket 143 Leather-hunting, a jocular term for the exertions of the fieldsmen when the ball is hit freely to all parts of the field. 1970 Sunday Tel. 20 Dec. 21/7 The voracious Richards was in action once more and M.C.C. are assured of more leather-hunting today. < as lemmas |
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