short leg

noun

A fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman.

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Meanings

nounshort leg (countable and uncountable, plural short legs)

plural short legs

  1. uncountableball gamesA fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman.

    When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.]

    1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 148

    Synonyms: Boot Hill

  2. countableball gamesA fielder in this position.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman.

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Boot Hill
Cite this entry
APA

short leg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20leg

MLA

“short leg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20leg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “short leg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20leg.

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