sight screen

noun Cricket.

a white screen set in line with the wicket as an aid to the batsman in seeing the ball when it is bowled.

Words nearby sight screen

sight bill, sight draft, sight for sore eyes, a, sight gag, sight rhyme, sight screen, sight unseen, sight-read, sighted, sighter, sighthole

Example sentences from the Web for sightscreen

  • His eyes flicked from the sightscreen to the sky ahead, looking for the telltale flare of rockets—ready to follow like a ferret.

    Slingshot |Irving W. Lande

  • He forgot everything but the sightscreen, concentrating on keeping the pip dead center.

    Slingshot |Irving W. Lande

British Dictionary definitions for sightscreen

sightscreen
/ (ˈsaɪtˌskriːn) /

noun

cricket a large white screen placed near the boundary behind the bowler to help the batsman see the ball