bodyline

See also: body line

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Noun

bodyline (countable and uncountable, plural bodylines)

1. Alternative form of body line

Derived terms

• bodyliner

Adjective

bodyline (not comparable)

1. (cricket, now historical) Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 3:

     The Cousins changed the game entirely, said the blimpish fellow: much as he might have deplored power tennis or bodyline bowling.

See also

• bodyline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia