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‖ pallone|palˈlone|
[It. pallone foot-ball, balloon, augm. of palla ball.]
An Italian game, somewhat resembling tennis, played with a large ball struck with a cylindrical wooden guard, worn over the hand and wrist.
1873‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 33 Riding in the bullock waggons, and driving the ball at pallone. 1885New Bk. Sports 90 Pallone, though a far simpler game [than tennis], is, to the layman, a pretty sight. 1886Symonds Renaiss. It., Cath. React. (1898) VII. xi. 166 Her [Italy's] lyrist had to sing of pallone-matches instead of Panhellenic games. |