skyern.
/ˈskʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈskaɪər/ Cricket.
A ball hit high in the air, now esp. one that offers the chance of a catch to a fielder.
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long ball1744
nip1752
catch1816
no-hit1827
cut1833
short hit1833
draw1836
drive1836
square hit1837
skylarker1839
skyer1840
skyscraper1842
back-cut1845
bum1845
leg sweep1846
slog1846
square cut1850
driver1851
Harrow drive1851
leg slip1852
poke1853
snick1857
snorter1859
leg stroke1860
smite1861
on-drive1862
bump ball1864
rocketer1864
pull1865
grass trimmer1867
late cut1867
off-drive1867
spoon1871
push1873
push stroke1873
smack1875
Harrow drive1877
pull-stroke1880
leg glance1883
gallery-hit1884
boundary-stroke1887
glide1888
sweep1888
boundary1896
hook1896
leg glide1896
backstroke1897
flick1897
hook stroke1897
cover-drive1898
straight drive1898
square drive1900
edger1905
pull-drive1905
slash1906
placing stroke1907
push drive1912
block shot1915
if-shot1920
placing shot1921
cow-shot1922
mow1925
Chinese cut1937
haymaker1954
hoick1954
perhapser1954
air shot1956
steepler1959
mishook1961
swish1963
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1840 Spirit of Times 19 Sept. 339/1 Mr Harenc began with 2 ones,..a skyer to the leg for 2, a 3 to the off, and another to the leg, when his timber was rattled by Lilly.
1867 Australasian 26 Jan. 107/4 Fowler hit a skyer to leg, no one in the road.
1882 Daily Tel. 12 June Being grandly caught from a skyer behind the wickets.
1908 Oxf. Mag. 4 June 359/1 Tarrant, after making 30 runs, sent up an easy skier off Lowe, which the captain put on the floor.
1950 Times 25 May 6/3 Campbell..was out when he took a slight liberty and was caught from a skier on the off side.
2008 J. O'Neill Netherland (2009) 48 I..could still stand under a skyer and hold the catch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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