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Bat & Ball railway station — Infobox UK station name = Bat Ball code = BBL manager = Southeastern locale = Sevenoaks borough = Sevenoaks lowusage0405 = 68,671 lowusage0506 = 71,586 lowusage0607 = 91,963 platforms = 2 years = 2 June 1862 events = Opened as Sevenoaks years1 =… … Wikipedia
Bat & Ball Inn, Clanfield — The Bat Ball Inn in Clanfield, Hampshire is an historic eighteenth century pub situated opposite the Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground, the original home of the Hambledon Club, and traditionally regarded as the cradle of crcket .Richard Nyren, a … Wikipedia
Bat-and-ball games — Bat and ball redirects here. See also Bat Ball railway station and Bat Ball Inn, Clanfield. Bat and ball games (sometimes named safe haven games, to avoid confusion with the club games like golf and hockey) are field games played by opposing… … Wikipedia
Bat and trap — is an ancient English ball game related to cricket and played at country pubs in the county of Kent. It is also played in the city of Brighton in Sussex though by the late 20th century the only regular game was played on Good Friday on the Level … Wikipedia
bat — Ⅰ. bat [1] ► NOUN ▪ an implement with a handle and a solid surface, used in sports for hitting the ball. ► VERB (batted, batting) 1) (in sport) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball. 2) hit with the flat of one s hand. 3) … English terms dictionary
bât — [ ba ] n. m. • 1268; bas lat. °bastum, de °bastare « porter »; ou du lat. pop. °basitare, de basis « base, support » ♦ Dispositif que l on place sur le dos des bêtes de somme pour le transport de leur charge. ⇒ harnais, selle; bâter. Mulets de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
bat — bat1 [bat] n. [ME < OE batt, cudgel (prob. < Welsh bat < IE base * bhat , to strike) & < OFr batte, pestle < battre,BATTER1] 1. any stout club, stick, or cudgel 2. a club used to strike the ball in baseball and cricket 3. a ping… … English World dictionary
Ball of the Century — The Ball of the Century, also referred to as the Gatting Ball [cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20796817 5001023,00.html|title=Warnie s Ball of the Century |publisher=Daily Telegraph (Australia)|date=2006 11 21] or … Wikipedia
bat — bat1 [ bæt ] noun count ** 1. ) a long wooden object used for hitting the ball in games such as baseball and CRICKET a ) BRITISH a PADDLE in table tennis 2. ) a small animal that flies at night and looks like a mouse with large wings at bat… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bat — I UK [bæt] / US noun [countable] Word forms bat : singular bat plural bats ** 1) a) a long wooden object used for hitting the ball in games such as baseball and cricket b) British a flat wooden object with a handle used for hitting the ball in… … English dictionary
