square leg

or square-leg


nounCricket.
  1. the position of a fielder on the left of the batsman and almost on the opposite side of the wicket.

  2. the fielder occupying this position.

Origin of square leg

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

British Dictionary definitions for square leg

square leg

nouncricket
  1. a fielding position on the on side approximately at right angles to the batsman

  2. a person who fields in this position

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012