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extra cover
or extra cover point
noun
, Cricket.
- the position of a fielder between mid off and cover point.
- the fielder occupying this position.
extra cover
noun
- cricket a fielding position between cover and mid-off
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Word History and Origins
Origin of extra cover1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
When bedtime came a little later, Mrs. Ware went in to Norman's room to take some extra cover.
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We put an extra cover on our sleeping wagon, which kept out the rain.
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That is why it is important to watch sick people and babies and to put an extra cover over them at that time.
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It flew along the ground through the gap between cover and extra-cover, a comfortable three.
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At a hundred and four, when the wicket had put on exactly fifty, Bob fell to a combination of de Freece and extra-cover.
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