Meaning & use
Flighted
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Capable of flight, or having developed flight feathers, especially said of birds; also used in cricket to describe a ball bowled with a slow, curving trajectory meant to deceive the batter.
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The young falcon was finally flighted and ready to be released for hunting.
The spin bowler sent down a beautifully flighted delivery that dipped late and beat the batsman.
A note on using this word
In falconry, a bird is described as 'flighted' once it has grown the feathers needed to fly; the cricket sense refers to trajectory rather than ability.
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2. adjective
Bowled with an arcing trajectory intended to deceive the batter, in cricket.
He struggled to read the flighted deliveries all afternoon.
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