body-line

adjective

1. cricket denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body

Example Sentences

When on horseback his legs hardly reached the lower body-line of his mount, and only his extreme agility enabled him to get on successfully.

From Slate

They displayed Mr. Gaytten’s body-line tailoring, as did the sharp evening clothes.

From New York Times

A Nottinghamshire miner named Harold Larwood caused an international incident in 1933 with "body-line bowling": he tried to knock down Australian batsmen with beanballs, and sometimes succeeded.

From Time Magazine Archive

When on horseback his legs hardly reached the lower body-line of his mount, and only his extreme agility enabled him to get on successfully.

From Project Gutenberg