A game resembling tennis in which the ball is struck with the hand. Cf. cachepell, n. 2.

a ball game played in the 15th and 16th centuries; cf. hand-out, n.1 1.

A game resembling tennis in which the ball is struck with the hand. Cf. cache, n.1

= hand in and hand out n. at hand, n. phrases 3f(c). Obsolete.

An old Welsh game in which a wooden ball was hurled through the air by successive players, each side endeavouring to drive it as far as possible in…

An inflated ball; a game played with such a ball by striking it with the fist.

A game played with a large inflated ball of strong double leather, struck to and fro with the arm protected by a wooden bracer. Also attributive in…

An obsolete game played with a ball by five on each side.

A game, once very popular in Cornwall, played by two parties whose object is to hurl or carry a ball to a distant goal or to their own part of the…

A game similar to rounders in which a ball is hit with the flat of the hand. Also: the ball used in this game.

Name of an ancient game at ball (Greek τρίγων, Latin trigōn (‘lusum trigonem’, Horace Sat. i. vi. 126)).

In Italy: a game resembling a simple form of tennis, played with a large ball struck with a cylindrical wooden guard worn over the hand and wrist.

a game for two teams in which each team tries to push a very large ball towards the opponents' goal; the ball used in this game.

Any of various games involving throwing a ball between players; spec. a non-contact ball sport especially popular in South Asia, played across a…

U.S. regional (chiefly New York City). A children's ball game resembling baseball, in which an inflated rubber ball is hit with the fist.

A game similar to volleyball played on a four-walled court with a ball which is the same size as but harder than a volleyball and which can be hit…