sledging
suomi-englanti sanakirjasledging englanniksi
{{quote-text|en|year=2012|author=Chris Turney|title=1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica|page=19
The act of using a sledgehammer to bend or crush an object.
1905, "The "Lap-Joint Crack" in Steam Boilers", ''The Locomotive'', new series 25: 162
- It is necessary, therefore, to force the ends to the proper curvature, either by sledging, or by some other equivalent means;
The practice of a fielder making insulting or comical references to an opposition batsman with the aim of distracting the batter.
(quote-book)|title=Turn It Up!|location=Sydney|publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia |page=181|text=Mind you, Wally wasn't bad at the sledging caper himself.
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