steepler Cricket.
(ˈstiːplə(r))
[f. steeple v. + -er1.]
= skyer, esp. one from which the batsman is caught out.
| 1959 Times 7 Aug. 4/2 He was caught and bowled off a steepler. 1963 Times 5 Feb. 3/6 Parfitt at long-on judged a steepler well to end the innings. 1976 Cricketer Internat. Sept. 35/2 Crockham Hill caught everything, including two stupendous steeplers in the last over. |