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collaring the bowling

collaring the bowling is the present participle and gerund of collar the bowling.

Meaning of collar the bowling

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)

  1. (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

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What is collaring the bowling the present participle and gerund of?
Collaring the bowling is the present participle and gerund of collar the bowling.

Words near collaring the bowling in the dictionary

  1. collarettes
  2. Collargate
  3. collargol
  4. Collaries
  5. collaring
  6. collaring the bowling
  7. collaring up
  8. collarings
  9. collarino
  10. collarinos
  11. collarless

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