misfieldn.
/ˈmɪsfiːld/, U.S. /ˈmɪsˌfild/ Sport.
A failure to gather or field the ball properly.
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bata1400
back-swing1577
banding1589
stroke1662
stop1773
swipe1788
hit1810
straik1820
screwing1825
return1833
volleying1837
return stroke1838
volley1851
swiper1853
shot1868
handling1870
screw kick1870
mishit1882
smash1882
misfield1886
fumble1895
run-up1897
mishitting1900
balloon1904
carryback1905
placement1909
tonk1922
trick shot1924
retrieve1952
sizzler1960
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shotmaking1969
1886 Sport (Dublin) 22 May 3/6 Barnes came in first wicket down, and a few misfields had the effect of raising the score to 20, the play becoming much more lively.
1909 Daily Chron. 25 Feb. 8/4 Guy's scored after a misfield of a high kick by Batchelor.
1990 Independent (Nexis) 15 Jan. 31 Most of the action came during the second quarter when Heriot's scored three of their four tries, two from the scrummage platform, the other from a Jed mis-field.
1999 Times 28 May 59/3 After conceding a four with a clumsy misfield on the fine-leg boundary, McGrath was no-balled for a bouncer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
misfieldv.
/ˌmɪsˈfiːld/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈfild/ Sport (chiefly Cricket).
transitive. To field (a ball) badly or clumsily. Also intransitive.
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misfield1851
1851 Huddersfield Chron. 6 Sept. 5/4 Kaye made an excellent drive from Clarke for three, it being mis-fielded.
1890 Daily News 18 Sept. 3/6 Key misfielded the ball.
1927 Glasgow Herald 28 Nov. 14/5 Connel misfielded the ball.
1954 J. B. G. Thomas On Tour vi. 66 Dixon..looked at the South African wing for a moment and misfielded.
1974 Times 8 Jan. 7/8 The new beak picks up the pill and chucks at McCallum who misfields it.
Derivatives
misˈfielded adj.
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misfielded1894
1894 Punch 22 Dec. 298/3 The course of a ‘misfielded’ ball between leaving bowler's hand and returning thereto.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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