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‖ pelota|peˈloːta|
[Sp. pelota ball, augmentative of pella:—L. pila ball: cf. pellet.]
A game of Basque origin, somewhat resembling tennis or rackets, played in a large court with a ball, which is struck with a kind of racket made of wicker-work and fastened on the hand by means of a leather glove attached to it.
1844Colburn's United Service Mag. Apr. 492 To see a Spaniard at a festival, a bull-fight, or the rustic game of pelota, no one would conceive him given to melancholy. [1891T. Child in Harper's Mag. Mar. 511.] 1895Westm. Gaz. 9 May 8/2 A new outdoor game, played in the Basque provinces and at Buenos Ayres, will be seen in London this summer. It may be roughly described as a combination of racquets and tennis, and it goes by the name of pelota. 1902Daily Chron. 26 June 4/3 We want to see the sturdy Basque at his pelota play. 1929C. Connolly Let. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 332 She wants to build a modern Corbusier house with a flat roof which can be used as a pelota court. 1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad xxix. 251 He was showing Hero how to hold a pelota racquet. 1974Spain (Michelin Tyre Co.) 108 The overriding Basque passion..is pelota... There is even a Pelota University.
Add: Also (anglicized pɪˈlɒtə, -ˈləʊtə). b. The ball used in the game of pelota.
Quot. 1921 illustrates the Fr. form.
1921K. Fedden Basque Country xxi. 185 Pelote is a beautiful game to watch... The pelote is a ball, small and very hard. 1927Chicago Daily News 22 Dec. 23/3 At other times he drove the pelota (goatskin covered ball) against the bouncing wall with a force that carried it the length of the court. 1939Florida (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 219 The pelota continues in play until it falls in illegal territory. 1974Rules of Game vi. 111 The pelota has a hard rubber core, covered with a layer of linen thread and two layers of goatskin.
c. attrib., as pelota ball, pelota court, pelota play, etc.
1845R. Ford Hand-bk. for Travellers Spain I. iii. 370/1 The Torre del Homenage, of ‘Homage’,..rises at the end of the Pelota, or fives court. 1879J. S. Campion On Foot in Spain iii. 34 The pelota ball weighs three ounces, and is..like..a racket-ball. 1902Daily Chron. 26 June 4/3 We want to see the sturdy Basque at his pelota play. 1929C. Connolly Let. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 332 She wants to build a modern Corbusier house with a flat roof which can be used as a pelota court. 1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad xxix. 251 He was showing Hero how to hold a pelota racquet. 1974[see sense a above].
Hence ‖ pelotari |peloˈtari|, ‖ pilotari |piloˈtari| [Sp. pelotari, Basque pilotari], a pelota player, esp. one who plays professionally.
1911Encycl. Brit. XXI. 76/2 In the other form of the game, played nearly exclusively by professionals (pelotaris), there are usually three players on each side. 1930R. Gallop Bk. of Basques xiii. 231 Like many famous pilotaris he was heavy and fat but..light on his feet. 1975N.Y. Times 16 Mar. x. 18/2 In some frontons, the pelotaris parade before the 6,000 to 8,000 fans in a mini march of the toreadors. |