Band books

2. (Cricket) One of the lines
serving to define the limits of the bowler and the
striker.

Bowling crease (Cricket), a line
extending three feet four inches on each side of the central
strings at right angles to the line between the wickets. --
Return crease (Cricket), a short
line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles
to it, extending toward the bowler. -- Popping
crease (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of
the wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling
crease and at least as long as the latter. J. H.
Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports).

Crease, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Creased (kr?st); p. pr. & vb.
n. Creasing.] To make a crease or mark in,
as by folding or doubling.


Pages:
2367 2368 2369 2370 2371 2372 2373 2374 2375 2376 2377 2378 2379 2380 2381 2382 2383 2384 2385 2386 2387 2388 2389 2390 2391