2. Noun. (cricket) The practice of a fielder making insulting or comical references to an opposition batsman with the aim of distracting him ¹
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Definition of Sledging
1. sledge [v] - See also: sledge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sledging
Literary usage of Sledging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Art-student in Munich by Anna Mary Howitt (1854)
"sledging. November 22d. — The great feature of this week has been sledging.
Last Sunday was the first day that sledges made their appearance. ..."
2. Concrete Costs: Tables and Recommendations for Estimating the Time and Cost by Frederick Winslow Taylor, Sanford Eleazer Thompson (1912)
"sledging. The time required to break the rock small enough to gc into the ...
sledging stone is an operation giving a chance for "soldiering," that is, ..."
3. Concrete Costs: Tables and Recommendations for Estimating the Time and Cost by Frederick Winslow Taylor, Sanford Eleazer Thompson (1912)
"sledging. The time required to break the rock small enough to gc into the ...
sledging stone is an operation giving a chance for "soldiering," that is, ..."
4. An Art Student in Munich by Anna Mary Howitt Watts (1854)
"sledging. November 22d. — The great feature of this week has been sledging.
Last Sunday was the first day that sledges made their appearance. ..."
5. The Voyage of the 'Discovery' by Robert Falcon Scott (1905)
"FROM the outline of our sledging arrangements which I have given in the previous
chapter, the reader will understand the occupation of our time and thoughts ..."
6. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on Planting and Tending of Forest Trees by James Brown (1894)
"sledging Timber.—This is a branch of forestry in which we are very far behind
all the ... sledging operations may be conducted either by workmen alone, ..."
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