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 The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.

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