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Long-stop

Long-stop \Long"-stop`\, n. (Cricket) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

Usage examples of "long-stop".

Nobody contradicted Captain Aubrey, who in any case had gone to sleep leaning against the wheel of the cart with his hat over his face, but they wrangled so pertinaciously among themselves that Babbington invited Stephen to walk round the field to be shown the positions of square leg, long-stop, and mid on.