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mid-wicket — mid wickˈet noun (cricket) A fielder, or a fielding position, on the legside, about midway between mid on and square leg • • • Main Entry: ↑mid … Useful english dictionary
mid wicket — /mɪd ˈwɪkət/ (say mid wikuht) noun 1. (in cricket) an on side fielding position between square leg and mid on. 2. a fielder in this position …
mid wicket on — Cricket. See mid on. [1840 50] … Useful english dictionary
mid wicket off — Cricket. See mid off. [1840 50] * * * … Universalium
mid wicket off — Cricket. See mid off. [1840 50] … Useful english dictionary
mid off — Cricket. 1. the position of a fielder on the off side of the wicket. 2. the fielder occupying this position. Also, mid off. Also called mid wicket off. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
mid on — Cricket. 1. the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket. 2. the fielder occupying this position. Also, mid on. Also called mid wicket on. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
mid off — noun cricket : a fielding position on the off side of the field nearer to the batsman than long off; also : a player fielding in this position see cricket illustration * * * Cricket. 1. the position of a fielder on the off side of the wicket. 2.… … Useful english dictionary
mid on — noun cricket : a fielding position on the on side of the field nearer to the batsman than long on; also : a player fielding in this position * * * Cricket. 1. the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket. 2. the fielder occupying this… … Useful english dictionary
wicket — [13] A wicket was originally a ‘small gate’, and etymologically the word appears to denote something that ‘turns’ – presumably on a hinge in opening and closing. It was borrowed from Old Northern French wiket, which in turn came from a Germanic… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
