shoestring catch


shoestring catch

noun

Definition of SHOESTRING CATCH

: a catch (as in baseball) made very close to the feet

Examples of SHOESTRING CATCH

  1. The left fielder made a shoestring catch.

First Known Use of SHOESTRING CATCH

1926

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