Sightscreen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sightscreen is a noun meaning (cricket) A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air.
Meaning
(cricket) A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air.
Example Sentences
The batsman swung and thwacked it behind him over the sight-screens.
Word Forms
- sightscreens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include screen, scoreboard, scorebox, spectacles, cricket, screeno.
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