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outswinger|ˈaʊtˌswɪŋə(r)|
[f. out- 7 + swing v.1]
1. Cricket. A ball bowled with a swerve or swing from the leg to the off in its flight; also, the bowler of such a ball. So ˈoutswing, the swerve or swing imparted to such a ball. Also ˈoutˌswinging ppl. a.
1920E. R. Wilson in P. F. Warner Cricket 67 Mr. E. W. Clark bowled ‘out-swingers’. 1925Country Life 18 July 93/2 To make a ball swerve in the air from the leg stump into the slips (the out-swinger, it is called). 1953Miller & Whitington Cricket Typhoon 144 It was perfectly controlled late out-swing. 1955A. Ross Australia 55 211 He drove the out-swinging ball. 1958P. Richardson Tackle Cricket this Way iii. 50 Trueman, also, is primarily an outswinger. 1963A. Ross Australia 63 iii. 82 Barrington, reaching out, played an out-swinger beautifully wide of mid-off. 1968N. Cardus in J. Arlott Cricket: Great Bowlers 21 He told me that he obtained his out-swing by spin. 1975Cricketer May 9/1 His lifting out⁓swing is more difficult and his pace changes more skilful.
2. (Assoc.) Football. A pass, usu. across the mouth of the goal, in which the flight of the ball curves away from the centre of the goal.
1959Times 19 Mar. 18/3 Riley lost his man and sent over an out-swinger. 1961F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 37/1 Outswinger, a centre pass, particularly from a corner kick, that moves in its flight to goal in a slight arc away from the centre of the goal. |