broomballn.
/ˈbruːmbɔːl/, /ˈbrʊmbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈbrumˌbɔl/, /ˈbrumˌbɑl/, /ˈbrʊmˌbɔl/, /ˈbrʊmˌbɑl/ Originally North American.
A team game similar to ice hockey and played on ice, but in which the players wear shoes or boots rather than ice skates and use (specially designed) brooms in attempting to push a ball into their opponents' goal.
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1896 N.Y. Times 24 Mar. 6/5 A match of broom ball is set for Friday, and on Saturday there will be a two-mile handicap skating race.
1921 Morning Leader (Regina, Sask.) 12 Feb. 20/6 A very exciting game of broomball was played at the Arena Rink Thursday night.
1969 D. Lambert Angels in Snow iii. 57 They play a game called broomball. Rather like hockey only it's played with brooms.
1988 Times 9 Nov. 27/4 Broomball, a sport which in fact pre-dates ice hockey, was reborn on the Broadgate ice-rink last year and became an immediate success.
1993 Canad. Geographic Nov. 18/2 The wily Als fired staples into the soles of their broomball shoes, enabling them to run and turn and outplay the Eskimos, who were wearing regular football cleats.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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