shoestringing

Verb

shoestring (third-person singular simple present shoestrings, present participle shoestringing, simple past and past participle shoestringed)

1. (transitive) To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
2. (transitive) To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
   • We didn't score in our half of the eighth, but it was only because Ernie's line drive was shoestringed by the Giant left fielder, with Rusty Howarth on second.1976, Paul R. Rothweiler, The Sensuous Southpaw […], New York, N.Y.: Putnam, →ISBN, page 104

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