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单词 trap-ball
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trap-balln.

Brit. /ˈtrapbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈtræpˌbɔl/, /ˈtræpˌbɑl/
Etymology: < trap n.1 + ball n.1
a. A game in which a ball, placed upon one end (slightly hollowed) of a trap (trap n.1 3), is thrown into the air by the batter striking the other end with his bat, with which he then hits the ball away.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > trap bat and ball > [noun]
trap1591
trap-ball1658
spell and knur (also knor, null, etc.)1781
northen-spell1801
trap (bat) and ball1825
trap-bat1842
1658 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 64 One that played at trap-ball on the Lords day.
1740 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. (1932) (modernized text) II. 453 You will desire to excel all boys of your age, at cricket, or trap-ball, as well as in learning.
1814 Sporting Mag. 43 240 A game of trap-ball was played this month on the ice.
1909 Daily Chron. 27 Aug. 7/3 An inn..where..trap-ball is played on the lawn... The dictionary already calls it ‘an old game’.
attributive.a1833 J. T. Smith Bk. for Rainy Day (1845) 17 On the eastern side of the house there was a trap-ball-ground.
b. A ball used in this game. rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > trap bat and ball > [noun] > ball
trap-ball1713
1713 S. Sewall Diary 6 June (1973) II. 718 Boston..came down a Spit, and clear'd the Leaden-throat, by thrusting out a Trap-Ball that stuck there.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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