1. leg before wicket - Noun
2. leg before wicket - Adverb
leg before wicket (not comparable)
(cricket) Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.
leg before wicket (plural leg before wickets)
(cricket) An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.