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The verb is derived from mis- (prefix meaning ‘badly; wrongly’) + field (verb). The noun is derived from the verb.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
misfield
mis·fieldToday it means: To field (“catch or intercept and play”) (a ball) clumsily or ineptly; in cricket this can result in the batsman scoring another run. Full definition →