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ˌunderˈpitched, ppl. a.
(Also ˈunderˌpitched.)
[under-1 10 a.]
1. Set at an insufficient angle; having too little pitch.
1677Plot Oxfordsh. 274 Roofs..whereof some are flat or under-pitched,..others due proportion'd, or over-pitched.
2. Cricket. Of a ball: pitched short of a length; = short a. 16.
1927Daily Tel. 14 June 6/1 Allen..began to pull Larwood's slightly under-pitched one—a manoeuvre which showed..that he meant to get close to the ball. 1963Times 14 Feb. 3/1 Knight, it is true, is a disappointing fielder and looks vulnerable to the under-pitched ball. |