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Definition of Mid-on
1. Noun. The fielding position in cricket closest to the bowler on the on side.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mid-on
Literary usage of Mid-on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"mid-on — A fieldsman on the on side, in front of the batsman Middle and leg—
Guard that covers the ... Mid-wicket— Another name for mid-on or mid-off. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"See midwicket. mid-on (mid'on'), и. In cricket, same as mid- wicket on. See midwicket.
mid-parent (mid'pSr'ent), и. A hypothetical tween the actual ..."
3. Cricket by Allan Gibson Steel, Robert Henry Lyttelton, William Gilbert Grace, Richard Arthur Henry Mitchell, Frederick Gale, Andrew Lang (1898)
"Mid-off must back up behind the bowler when the ball is thrown in from long-leg,
short-leg, mid-on and long-stop. mid-on backs up the bowler when it is ..."
4. Cyclopedia of Universal Biography: A Record of the Names of the Most Eminent by Parke Godwin (1856)
"... woe chaplain to the 42d regiment, iu Flanders, till the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle ;
mid, on his return to Edinburgh, Via» chosen professor of ..."
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