maiden over

1. 1.

   (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

   Synonymsmaiden

   Broaderover

   cricket

Questions about maiden over

What does maiden over mean?

maiden over means "(cricket) an over in which no runs are scored".

What is another word for maiden over?

Close synonyms include maiden. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maiden over a common word?

maiden over is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.