Definition of "long-stop" [long•-stop]

• One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "The Empress, noble beast though she be, might not be suited to the fitness demands of the modern game. 150 years ago, however, she would make an admirable long-stop."
• "Article 11 provides a long-stop limitation period: after a product has been marketed for ten years, the manufacturer is safe from action except from those who've already commenced proceedings against them."
• "Stability or marital fidelity or any seriously covenanted relation to person or community resigns that long-stop possibility; which is why it feels so dangerous."