单词 | long-stopping |
释义 | † long-stoppingn. Cricket. Obsolete. The action of fielding at long-stop. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] > types of fielding long-stopping1832 outfielding1851 pointing1863 ground-fielding1884 groundwork1898 outwork1899 glovework1906 slip-fielding1906 1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports 348/2 Dick's shin-breakers stop'd them short In 'midst of their long-stopping! 1860 Baily's Monthly Mag. 1 303 The long stopping of Diver. 1903 F. Markham Recoll. Town Boy Westm. xii. 151 A vision of long-stopping for Walter Fellows, and being called up and getting a cut or two on the hand with a stump for not stopping his express-pace deliveries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1832 |
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