Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old game played by two or more persons with a ball, bat, and trap (see
trap , n., 5). - noun The ball used in the game of trap-ball.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th
trap , 4.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
game in which abatsman makes aball hit atrap (device) that sends the ball into the air, from where the batsman has to hit it again
Etymologies
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trap + ball
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Examples
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- personal matters, gossip, and so forth - and that he never got any thing but what was played like a trapball all over town; but, in this case, as a mere matter of speculation, he confessed he did feel desirous of unravelling the riddle; in fact, it preyed on his mind; he couldn't rest last night; he
The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches, 1853
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Stoolball, knurr-and-spell, trapball, ninepins, handbasll, bowls and football were all customary pastimes of the Easter holidays. "
Risky Regencies Diane Gaston 2010
hernesheir commented on the word trapball
Older examples of are written trap-ball, with a hyphen.
This old English ball game was also called nipsy or knur and spell.
September 24, 2011