cover point


noun
  1. Cricket. the position and the player stationed near the point.

  2. Lacrosse. the position and the player stationed before the point.

Origin of cover point

1
First recorded in 1840–50

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How to use cover point in a sentence

  • He gave the simplest of chances to cover point, and Buller's rarely missed their catches.

    The Loom of Youth | Alec Waugh
  • Then the last man came in, and the first thing he did was to send up a nice little dolly catch to Eric at cover-point.

  • Frank was caught at cover point, having added twenty-eight since Thompson left him, the other three being credited to Childers.

    By Sheer Pluck | G. A. Henty
  • Some balls he hit to “leg,” and some he cut with terrific force past “cover-point.”

    Parkhurst Boys | Talbot Baines Reed
  • Cover-point was the doctor, and probably the safest man in the whole field to whom to send a catch.

    The Lonely Unicorn | Alec Waugh

British Dictionary definitions for cover point

cover point

noun
  1. cricket

    • a fielding position in the covers

    • a fielder in this position

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