▪ I. skyer
(ˈskaɪə(r))
Also skier.
[f. sky v.1 + -er.]
A lofty hit at cricket.
| 1853 Bell's Life in London 24 July 6/2 Mr Walker gave a few ‘skyers’ in scoring 20, for which number he brought out his bat. 1867 Australasian 26 Jan. 107/4 Fowler hit a skyer to leg, no one in the road. 1882 Daily Telegr. 12 June, Being grandly caught from a skyer behind the wickets. 1883 F. M. Peard Contrad. xxi, You should have seen Henderson caught at slip from a ‘skyer’. 1893 Times 12 July 11/5 The fieldsman soon had the satisfaction of seeing the batsman..taken at mid-on from a skier. |
▪ II. skyer
obs. form of squire n.