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Definition of Long fly
1. Noun. A gymnastic exercise involving a long leap from a vaulting horse.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Fly
Literary usage of Long fly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1911)
"He believed that if Tinker hit the "fade-away" ball at all, it would result in
a long, long fly. Seymour disagreed. He thought a low line fly was probable. ..."
2. The modern gymnast by Charles Spencer (1866)
"THE long fly is a very fine exercise for the whole of the body, and more especially
the lower extremities. You commence practice for this movement, ..."
3. Modern Gymnastic Exercises by Alexander Alexander (1890)
"THE long fly " over the Table is no joke. We once set this exercise for the first
time ... And so we fear the " long fly " will be considered by many, for, ..."
4. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long by Teunis G. Bergen (1881)
"His wid. in 1700 had lot Nn 22 assigned to her in the• meadow penny lots.
The penny lots of salt meadows in Gd in the " long fly and the Cedar Neck, ..."
5. Athletics at Princeton: A History by Frank Presbrey, James Hugh Moffatt (1901)
"Carter sent a long fly to left which Mackenzie muffed, and Carter scored ...
King sent a long fly to centre field and Williams scored after the ball was in ..."
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