throwballn.
/ˈθrəʊbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈθroʊˌbɔl/, /ˈθroʊˌbɑl/ Any of various games involving throwing a ball between players; spec. a non-contact ball sport especially popular in South Asia, played across a net between two teams of seven players on a rectangular court.In later use sometimes as a humorous name for varieties of football which involve throwing the ball (see e.g. quot. 2007).
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1895 A. Alexander New Games & Sports for Schools, Clubs & Gymnasia 21 Throw Ball. This is a very simple game, but it contains plenty of exercise and excitement, and the more players available the better the game.
1911 Sunday School Jrnl. Jan. 497/1 I take the boys down to the small room which we dignify by name of gymnasium, and there we play throwball, basketball, prisoners' base..and other games.
1955 Times of India 28 Nov. 8/7 In the final of throwball for women between sixteen and twenty-one Zone 9 scored an easy..victory over Zone 5.
1987 B. Mehdi Towards Learning Society 35 Developing fundamental skills in games: Hockey, Volleyball, Basketball, Throwball, Badminton, Kabaddi, etc.
2007 N.Y. Beacon (Electronic ed.) 1 Nov. 38 As one blogger put it, why isn't American football called ‘throwball’ or perhaps ‘yardage’.
2017 Frontier Star (Pakistan) (Nexis) 20 Feb. The DHA girls excelled in All Pakistan Schools and Colleges Girls Throwball Championship held in Lahore, a DHA official said here on Monday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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