collar the bowling
collar the bowling verb: (Of a batsman) to hit the bowled balls to all parts of the field.
Verb
collar the bowling (third-person singular simple present collars the bowling, present participle collaring the bowling, simple past and past participle collared the bowling)
- (Of a batsman) to hit the bowled balls to all parts of the field.
- Heatley and Baines then got together, and succeeded in collaring the bowling, and put on 60 before they were separated, and, when Heatley was caught far out for 38, the score stood at 151.1870, The Marlburian, page 74
- The fact was that Mr. Bruce and Mr. Whitmore (who was stupidly run out in the first innings, else the same thing might not improbably have happened then) went in first, and collared the bowling in the first twenty minutes, […]1872, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 22, page 166
Forms of collar the bowling
| third-person singular present | collars the bowling |
|---|---|
| present participle | collaring the bowling |
| past participle | collared the bowling |
| past | collared the bowling |
Questions about collar the bowling
- What does collar the bowling mean?
- Collar the bowling means (Of a batsman) to hit the bowled balls to all parts of the field.
- What part of speech is collar the bowling?
- Collar the bowling is a verb.
- What is the past tense of collar the bowling?
- The past tense of collar the bowling is collared the bowling.
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