sightscreen

Etymology

From sight + screen.

sightscreen means A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air.“The batsman swung and thwacked it behind him over the sight-screens.”