| 单词 | ball stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasball stick ball stick n. a racket, resembling a lacrosse stick, used in the American Indian game of stickball (stickball n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > instrument for hitting ball clubc1450 battler?c1650 ball stick1775 pommel1845 ball bat1850 spat1866 paddle1922 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 400 The ball-sticks are about two feet long, the lower end somewhat resembling the palm of the hand, and..worked with deerskin thongs. Between these, they catch the ball, and throw it a great distance. 1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs ix. 113 They..knock down their antagonists with their ball-sticks. 1894 Outing June 214/1 Around which [sc. the goal posts] they circled, beating them with their ball sticks. 1940 Amer. Anthropologist 42 479 (note) Each player is equipped with a pair of ball-sticks or rackets. 1999 Jrnl. Amer. Acad. Relig. 67 399 Women became active in the stickball game again, but they no longer played with ball sticks. < as lemmas |
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