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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leg before wicket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
leg be-fore wick-et
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.

noun

An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

leg before wickets (plural)

Synonyms

LBW

Questions

What does leg before wicket mean?
Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.

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