Definition of Maiden over
1. Noun. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored.
Definition of Maiden over
1. Noun. (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored ¹
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1. Introduction to the Study of the History of Language by Herbert Augustus Strong, Willem Sijbrand Logeman, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Hermann Paul (1891)
"... usual the more they appear as compounds, and the less clearly and definitely
we feel the force of the first noun as adjectival; cf. a maiden over with a ..."
2. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"Thus a " maiden over" appears thus—::: or (:.: if only five balls are allowed).
An Over where two runs were made from the second ball and none from the ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"maiden over, in cricket, an over in which no runs are made. See ocer.—Maiden
speech, one's first speech; especially, the first speech of a new member in a ..."
4. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"A MAIDEN- OVER is an OVER from which no runs are obtained. Four balls is the
regulation number to an OVER in all important matches ; bul little clubs and ..."
5. The British drama; a collection of the most esteemed tragedies, comedies by British drama (1824)
"1 am glad thy knavery is found out, however—I confess the maiden over-reached
me, and I had no sinister end at all. Per. Av, ay, one thing or other ..."
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