sightscreen

English

noun

Definitions

(cricket) A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air.

Etymology

Compound from English sight + English screen.

Origin

English

screen

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

backscreen English
backsight English
bescreen English
blindsight English
blue screen English
bluescreen English
bombsight English
boresight English
counterscreen English
daysight English
descreen English
desight English
eyesight English
farsight English
firescreen English
flatscreen English
flyscreen English
forescreen English
foresight English
fullscreen English
greenscreen English
gunsight English
hemiscreen English
hindsight English
holoscreen English
insight English
mindsight English
miniscreen English
missight English
moonscreen English
multiscreen English
offscreen English
onscreen English
onsight English
outsight English
overscreen English
oversight English
oversightly English
phosphoscreen English
pinscreen English
polescreen English
prescreen English
rainscreen English
rearsight English
rescreen English
resight English
screen English
screen reader English
screen-free English
screenable English
screenbound English
screenburn English
screencast English
screencraft English
screenee English
screener English
screenful English
screengrab English
screenie English
screenland English
screenless English
screenlet English
screenlike English
screenman English
screenname English
screenout English
screenphone English
screenplay English
screenprint English
screenreading English
screensaver English
screenscape English
screenshot English
screenspace English
screentone English
screenwash English
screenwork English
screenwrite English
screenwriter English
screenwriting English
see English
sight English
sight-reader English
sightability English
sightable English
sighten English
sighter English
sightful English
sightholder English
sighthole English
sighthound English
sightless English
sightline English
sightly English
sightproof English
sightseeing English
sightseer English
sightsman English
sightwise English
silkscreen English
smokescreen English
subscreen English
sunscreen English
superscreen English
supersight English
telescreen English
touch screen English
unscreen English
unsight English
unsightable English
videoscreen English
vidscreen English
viewscreen English
wallscreen English
widescreen English
windowscreen English
windscreen English
workscreen English
Infoscreen German
scren Middle English
siȝht Middle English
स्क्रीन Hindi
sgrin Welsh
skrini Swahili