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countable and uncountable, plural bodylines
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(cricket, now historical) Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket. quotations
The Cousins changed the game entirely, said the blimpish fellow: much as he might have deplored power tennis or bodyline bowling.
1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 3