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leg rope

British  

noun

  1. a rope used to secure an animal by its hind leg

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to restrain (an animal) by a leg rope

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Once again missing his line, Smith’s pad deflects the final ball down to the fine leg rope for leg byes.

From The Guardian Aug. 1, 2019

Fanning explained that he was being pulled under by his leg rope and, when that broke, he “started swimming and screaming.”

From Washington Post Feb. 28, 2018

“I felt something grab, get stuck in my leg rope and instantly jump away. And it just kept coming at my board,” he said later after walking away unharmed, The Associated Press reported.

From Washington Times Jul. 20, 2015

"I felt something grab, get stuck in my leg rope and instantly jump away. And it just kept coming at my board," Fanning said, once safe on the rescue boat.

From US News Jul. 19, 2015

With an agonized bellow it slipped the stump of a horn through the loop and rose to its fore feet, free except for the back leg rope which Vaughan was holding.

From In the Musgrave Ranges by Sayce, Conrad H. (Conrad Harvey)

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