"corked bat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: corked bats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} corked bat (plural corked bats)
  1. (baseball) A bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play. Wikipedia link: corked bat Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-corked_bat-en-noun-Jddq368C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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