in plural bars: the game of ‘prisoner's base’ or ‘chevy.’ The players, after choosing sides, occupy two camps or enclosures, and any player leaving…

= prisoners' bars, n. Cf. prisoners' base, n.

An old country game, varying in different parts, but somewhat resembling Prisoner's Bars, originally played by six persons (three of each sex) in…

= prisoners' bars, n.

Chiefly in plural = prisoners' bars, n. Now regional.

an obsolete game resembling ‘prisoners' base’.

A chasing game played by two sides occupying distinct areas, the object being to catch and take prisoner any player from the other side running from…

(esp. in the English-Scottish borderland) = French and English n. at French, n. 1b.

= prisoners' bars, n.

The game of prisoners' base.

A children's game similar to barley-break; a call or chant forming part of this game.