horse-collar
[ hawrs-kol-er ]
noun
(especially in baseball) a score of zero.
verb (used with object)
to prevent (an opposing baseball team or batter) from scoring or making a base hit.
Origin of horse-collar
1First recorded in 1945–50
Words Nearby horse-collar
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How to use horse-collar in a sentence
In that, the eye rested, with undisguised delight, upon the grimaces of grinning candidates for the honours of the horse-collar.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | VariousI then rolled over, my neck feeling as if it were in a horse-collar; and suddenly felt a slight scratch.
Moby Dick; or The Whale | Herman MelvilleIn rural places if a carromata driver cannot find a leather horse-collar, he improvises one of banana-leaf.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanAfter the horse-collar I started in the dry-goods trade; but I was burned out.
One Man's View | Leonard MerrickWould you grin at me, you dog, like a clown gaping through a horse-collar?
The Great Mogul | Louis Tracy
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