A game in which a ball is struck by the hand against the front wall of a three-sided court. A variety of the game, in which a wooden bat is used, is…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > fives (13) fives1636 A game in which a ball is struck by the hand against the front wall of a three-sided court. A variety of the game, in which a wooden bat is used, is… hand tennis1801 a game resembling tennis in which the ball is struck with the hand rather than with a racket; spec. = fives, n.2; cf. jeu de paume, n. Eton fives1855 a form of fives (fives, n.2) associated with Eton College and played on a court with a small protruding buttress (cf. pepperbox, n. 4). Rugby fives1859 A form of fives (fives, n.2) played with gloved hands between two or four players in a four-walled court. Subcategories:— player (2) — court (4) — ball (2) — bat (1) |
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