cricket-bat
1. = bat n.2 3 a.
| 1743 Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas 130 The Indians had nothing in their Hands but a Club, like to our Cricket-Batts. 1860 All Year Round No. 53. 58, I observe a sheaf of cricket-bats in the corner. 1900 Daily News 9 June 6/5 Each has been engaged on his particular branch of the work of cricket bat making. 1964 W. L. Goodman Hist. Woodworking Tools 37 The cricket-bat maker's side-axe. |
2. cricket-bat willow = bat-willow (see bat n.2 V).
| 1926 G. C. Druce Flora of Bucks. 314 Salix alba, var. caerulea. Cricket-bat Willow. This occurs as a female planted tree, sometimes 100 ft. high. 1933 Discovery Feb. 66/1 There is more than one botanical variety being grown under the name of ‘cricket-bat willow’. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 257 Cricket bats, from the Cricket Bat willow, which is Salix alba var. coerulea. |