bodyline
noun
- illegal bowling technique used to get a gritty batsman out by bowling at his body
Wiktionary
adj
- 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.
“The Cousins changed the game entirely, said the blimpish fellow: much as he might have deplored power tennis or bodyline bowling.”
noun
- Alternative form of body line.