hard-spun

[ hahrd-spuhn ]

adjective

1. (of yarn) compactly twisted in spinning.

hard-spun

adjective

1. (of yarn) spun with a firm close twist

Word History and Origins

Origin of hard-spun¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

That hard-spun leg-break that left Gatting staring at his stumps in disbelief went down in cricket folklore as the 'ball of the century'.

From BBC

He concludes the successful over with a hard-spun delivery that goes beyond Conway’s outside edge.

From The Guardian

But what really sticks out is its style, a callback to the hard-spun postbop with which Mr. Blanchard first made his name 30 years ago.

From New York Times

Warne's Ball, a hard-spun leg-break to dismiss Mike Gatting on the third day of the Old Trafford Test, is still jarringly fresh even as it approaches its 20th birthday this Ashes summer.

From The Guardian

As Gatting moves, a slight press towards leg-side, he can hear the fizz of the delivery, something by no means unique to Warne but which was particularly pronounced in these early hard-spun years before his first shoulder operation.

From The Guardian