to bowl or try to bowl (a batsman) by pitching the ball under or just beyond the bat
Word origin
C19: back formation from yorker
York in British English1
(jɔːk)
noun
1.
a historic city in NE England, in York unitary authority, North Yorkshire, on the River Ouse: the military capital of Roman Britain; capital of the N archiepiscopal province of Britain since 625, with a cathedral (the Minster) begun in 1154; noted for its cycle of medieval mystery plays; unusually intact medieval walls; university (1963). Pop: 137 505 (2001)
Latin name: Eboracum
2.
a unitary authority in NE England, in North Yorkshire. Pop: 183 100 (2003 est). Area:272 sq km (105 sq miles)
3. Cape York
York in British English2
(jɔːk)
noun
1.
the English royal house that reigned from 1461 to 1485 and was descended from Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (1411–60), whose claim to the throne precipitated the Wars of the Roses. His sons reigned as Edward IV and Richard III
2.
Alvin C(ullum). 1887–1964, US soldier and hero of World War I
3.
Duke of, full name Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany. 1763–1827, second son of George III of Great Britain and Ireland. An undistinguished commander-in-chief of the British army (1798–1809), he is the "grand old Duke of York" of the nursery rhyme
4.
Prince Andrew, Duke of. born 1960, second son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He married (1986) Miss Sarah Ferguson; they divorced in 1996; their first daughter, Princess Beatrice of York, was born in 1988 and their second, Princess Eugenie of York, in1990
York in American English1
(jɔrk)
noun
name of the ruling family of England (1461-85): founded in 1385 when Edward III's son (Edmund of Langley) was created the first Duke of York
York in American English2
(jɔrk)
city in North Yorkshire, England, on the Ouse: county district pop. 99,000
see Cape York Peninsula
All related terms of 'york'
Cape York
the northernmost point of the Australian mainland , in N Queensland on the Torres Strait at the tip of Cape York Peninsula (a peninsula between the Coral Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria )
East York
city in SE Ontario , Canada: part of metropolitan Toronto : pop. 108,000
New York
a city in SE New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson River: the largest city and chief port of the US; settled by the Dutch as New Amsterdam in 1624 and captured by the British in 1664, when it was named New York; consists of five boroughs ( Manhattan , the Bronx , Queens , Brooklyn , and Staten Island, which was called Richmond until 1975) and many smaller islands, with its commercial and financial centre in Manhattan; the country's leading commercial and industrial city. Pop: 8 085 742 (2003 est)
York rite
a system of ceremonial procedure in Freemasonry
North York
city in SE Ontario , Canada: part of metropolitan Toronto : pop. 590,000
New York Bay
an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson River: forms the harbour of the port of New York
New York City
a city in SE New York State, at the mouth of the Hudson River: the largest city and chief port of the US; settled by the Dutch as New Amsterdam in 1624 and captured by the British in 1664, when it was named New York; consists of five boroughs ( Manhattan , the Bronx , Queens , Brooklyn , and Richmond ) and many islands, with its commercial and financial centre in Manhattan; the country's leading commercial and industrial city. Pop: 8 085 742 (2003 est)
New York minute
a very short period of time; instant
Cape York Peninsula
large peninsula in NE Australia, part of Queensland , between the Gulf of Carpentaria & the Coral Sea
shell steak
a cut of steak from the short loin
New York State Barge Canal
a system of inland waterways in New York State, connecting the Hudson River with Lakes Erie and Ontario and, via Lake Champlain , with the St Lawrence . Length : 845 km (525 miles)
New York State Canal System
system of waterways connecting Lake Erie & the Hudson River, with branches to lakes Ontario, Champlain , Cayuga , & Seneca : 524 mi (843 km)