English Explanatory Dictionary

leg before wicket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.
noun
  1. An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.

Pronunciation

en-au-leg before wicket.ogg

Word forms

leg before wicket leg before wickets

Synonyms

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