extra cover

or extra cover point

noun Cricket.

the position of a fielder between mid off and cover point.
the fielder occupying this position.

Origin of extra cover

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby extra cover

extortionary, extortionate, extortionist, extr., extra, extra cover, extra point, extra time, extra virgin, extra-, extra-atmospheric

Example sentences from the Web for extra cover

  • At a hundred and four, when the wicket had put on exactly fifty, Bob fell to a combination of de Freece and extra-cover.

    Mike |P. G. Wodehouse

  • It flew along the ground through the gap between cover and extra-cover, a comfortable three.

    Mike |P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for extra cover

extra cover

noun

cricket a fielding position between cover and mid-off