stool-ball
See also: stoolball
English
Alternative forms
stoolball
Noun
stool-ball
- An old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide.
- A ball used in the game of stool-ball.
References
- “stool-ball” in John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors, The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.
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