oche

British

/ ˈɒkɪ /

noun

darts the mark or ridge on the floor behind which a player must stand to throw

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Etymology

Origin of oche

of unknown origin; perhaps connected with obsolete oche to chop off, from Old French ocher to cut a notch in

Example Sentences

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"Basically, I've no feeling in my fingers anymore because of the damage I've done," he told Oche 180.

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Elsewhere Luke Cowan-Dickie can wobble on the oche at line-out time, while England's replacements did not accelerate away from Wales as Borthwick might have hoped, with the hosts shading the second half by a relatively narrow 19-7.

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Littler was in eye-catching form on Thursday when he thrashed veteran Paul Lim on his first trip to the oche since retaining his world title earlier this month.

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On his first trip to the oche since retaining his world title at Alexandra Palace on 3 January, Littler put in a statement performance.

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Stephen's son regularly appears alongside his father at events on and off the oche, including Bunting's social media pages.

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