body-line

1 of 2

noun (1)

variants or body-line bowling

: bowling in cricket aimed generally at the leg stump especially when fast, pitched short, and made to rise sharply compare leg theory

body mark

2 of 2

noun (2)

variants or body stroke or body line

: the downstroke of a letter

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