Crease

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Creese.

II. Crease ·vt To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.

III. Crease ·noun One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.

IV. Crease ·noun A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.

V. Crease ·add. ·noun The combination of four lines forming a rectangle inclosing either goal, or the inclosed space itself, within which no attacking player is allowed unless the ball is there;

— called also goal crease.

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