off stumpn.
/ˈɒf ˌstʌmp/, U.S. /ˈɔf ˈstəmp/, /ˈɑf ˈstəmp/ Cricket.
The stump on the off side of the wicket defended by the batter. Cf. leg stump n. at leg n. Compounds 2b.
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?1801 T. Boxall Rules & Instr. Cricket 25 If the hitter is bowled out oftener at the leg than the off stump, then he should guard his leg and middle stump.
1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 24 A..ball..pitched a little wide of the off stump.
1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket iii. 132 He..applies a marvellous pull-stroke to good-length balls just outside the off-stump.
1936 Daily Herald 24 Dec. 15/6 The latter is a left-hand batsman, but is inclined to be a ‘flasher’ (one apt to chase balls outside the off-stump).
1977 Listener 11 Aug. 182/4 Waving at a late swinger outside the off stump.
2001 Times 29 Mar. i. 36/1 The intelligent way in which England frustrated him, getting the pad outside the off stump.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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