stool-ball

See also: stoolball

English

Alternative forms

• stoolball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstuːlbɔːl/

Noun

stool-ball (countable and uncountable, plural stool-balls)

1. An old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide.
2. A ball used in the game of stool-ball.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “stool-ball”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.