Words & TermsWar, service and history
cricket ball
A Turkish iron grenade used at Gallipoli, roughly cricket-ball sized, with a burning fuse.
In a sentence
A cricket ball landed near the trench with its fuse still burning.
Where it came from
The Australian War Memorial directly defines the Gallipoli slang sense and describes soldiers attempting to throw the grenade back.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian military usage; historical