polocrossen.
/ˈpəʊləʊkrɒs/, U.S. /ˈpoʊloʊˌkrɔs/, /ˈpoʊloʊˌkrɑs/ A team game similar to polo, played on horseback with a rubber ball and a stick resembling a lacrosse stick.
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1948 Horse & Hound 3 July 9/1 Paddock polo has one disadvantage as compared with polo crosse.
1965 Newsweek 19 Apr. 94 For a battering, breath-taking roughhouse on horseback, have a go at polocrosse in New South Wales.
1990 Sunday Tel. 16 Dec. (Review section) p. xviii/2 Polocrosse..is a mixture of polo and lacrosse with, when played in Ireland, the aggressive spirit of hurling thrown in.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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