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bowled
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adv. (context cricket English) Describing the method of being dismissed in which the ball is bowled, and it hits and breaks the batsman's wicket. vb. (en-past of: bowl )
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowling .] To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; ...
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Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket . This method of dismissal is covered by Law 30 of the Laws of cricket . A batsman is out bowled if his wicket is put down by a ball delivered by the bowler. It is irrelevant as to whether ...
Usage examples of bowled.
They bowled him over and sent him rolling over the cobbles, then slashed at him with snapping jaws.
But an instant later, a gigantic wing bowled the three men over like dolls and swept them over the edge of the parapet.
Stones that shuddered and drew together, clacking like stones bowled by gamblers that strike each other in a long, rippling line.