midstretch

midstretch

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Germanic *midjaz
Proto-West Germanic *midi
Old English midd
Middle English mid
English mid
English mid-
English stretch
English midstretch

    From mid- + stretch.

    Adverb

    midstretch (not comparable)

    1. (sports, often with "in") In the middle of the stretch of a race
      • 2007 August 6, Bill Finley, “Any Given Saturday Outruns His Top Rivals to Win the Haskell”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Ridden by Garrett Gomez, he collared Hard Spun in midstretch and drew away with surprising ease […] .
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