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Meaning of sightscreen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air.

Examples

“The batsman swung and thwacked it behind him over the sight-screens.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Sightsee Sightseeing Sightseeings Sightseer Sightseers sightsman

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