In long jump, javelin and similar events, little mark alongside the runway which helps the athlete to set their steps just right for their performance.
A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
The cork oak, Quercus suber.
The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
Having the property of a head over heels rotation.
To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
To perform such a maneuver.
To fill with cork.
To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.
To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.
To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.