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▪ I. off-break, n.
[off- 3.]
1. The act or result of breaking off; a schism.
1866W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire 7 in Trans. Philol. Soc. The Free-kirk's an aff-brack fae the Aul' Kirk. 1892G. M. Rae Syrian Ch. India 195 Her ranks had been greatly thinned by the off-break of Protestantism. 1934Discovery Mar. 60/1 The line offering the most advantageous terrain must be carefully observed, glacier off-breaks noted, where and how often breaks occur.
2. Cricket. A ball bowled in such a way that, on pitching, it changes direction towards the leg side; such a change of direction. Also attrib.
1888A. G. Steel in Steel & Lyttleton Cricket iii. 117 The next spin or twist on the ball..is the rotary motion from left to right. This, in cricket phraseology, is termed the ‘off’ break. 1903G. L. Jessop in H. G. Hutchinson Cricket v. 134. On a bad wicket and with an off-break bowler the position of short leg is indispensable. 1927G. A. Terrill Out in Glare iv. 74 If the spin meant the usual off-break, the ball was straighter than Verlenden had intended. It would break right away to leg. 1955,1963[see Chinaman 4].
▪ II. ˈoff-break, v.
[off- 1.]
1. trans. To break off, rescind. Sc. rare—1.
1872M. MacLennan Peasant Life (Ser. 2) 47 She winna be ony speckillation tae the pairish by offbraikin' the banns.
2. intr. Cricket. Of a ball: to break towards the leg side. Usu. as ˈoff-ˌbreaking ppl. a.
1904Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 3/1 Mr. Bosanquet..dismissed three batsmen lbw with his ‘off-breaking leg-break’. 1907Ibid. 18 July 4/2 The off-breaking leg-break of the Bosanquet school has exercised a great influence over South African cricket. |
