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单词 square leg
释义

square leg

or square-leg


noun Cricket.

the position of a fielder on the left of the batsman and almost on the opposite side of the wicket.
the fielder occupying this position.

Origin of square leg

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby square leg

squarehead, square inch, square kilometer, square knot, square-law, square leg, squarely, square matrix, square meal, square measure, square meter
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Example sentences from the Web for square leg

  • Then beckon to the square-leg umpire to come and replace the bail.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, June 2, 1920|Various
  • The sensation is like that of hitting a ball to square-leg, fair and full, at cricket.

    Lost Leaders|Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for square leg

square leg

noun cricket

a fielding position on the on side approximately at right angles to the batsman
a person who fields in this position
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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