round-arm

British  

adjective

1. cricket denoting or using bowling with the arm held more or less horizontal

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Example Sentences

Canada’s star was David Winckworth, who made 12 with the bat before sending down a few round-arm thunderbolts of his own, taking four wickets as the Americans were dismissed for 64.

From BBC • May 29, 2024

He said imagine the feel of it coming out of your hand almost like an off-spinner, your arm coming over almost like a round-arm, or low-arm.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2013

With one round-arm sweep he cleared aside the dishes.

From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward

Round-arm bowling was long and vigorously opposed, especially in 1826 when three matches were arranged between England and Sussex, the Sussex bowlers being round-arm bowlers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Lillywhite was the real creator of round-arm bowling, although Tom Walker of the Hambledon Club was the pioneer and James Broadbridge an earlier exponent.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur