bodyline

See also: body line

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Noun

bodyline (countable and uncountable, plural bodylines)

  1. Alternative form of body line.

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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 CarrĂ©, 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.

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