a wooden staff or club with a crook at the end like a hockey stick, used by the batter to strike the ball; cf. bat, n.2 3a.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > equipment > [noun] > bat (9) cricket-staff?1575 a wooden staff or club with a crook at the end like a hockey stick, used by the batter to strike the ball; cf. bat, n.2 3a. cricket bat1622 = bat, n.2 3a. bat1706 The wooden implement with rounded handle and flattened blade used to strike or ‘bat’ the ball in cricket. (The most common modern sense.) willow1846 A cricket-bat (made of willow-wood). Similarly, the bat at baseball. Cf. King Willow n. at king, n. compounds 4b. willow weapon1850 a cricket-bat. driver1883 Cricket. A cricket bat with regard to its quality or suitability for playing drives (drive, n. 9b(a)), or attacking strokes more generally… Subcategories:— parts of (3) |
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