"leg before wicket" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-leg before wicket.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} leg before wicket (not comparable)
  1. (cricket) Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-leg_before_wicket-en-adv-p2S9PU8D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

Audio: en-au-leg before wicket.ogg [Australia] Forms: leg before wickets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} leg before wicket (plural leg before wickets)
  1. (cricket) An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law. Categories (topical): Cricket Synonyms: LBW [common, initialism]
    Sense id: en-leg_before_wicket-en-noun-jGrX~2m7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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