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Webster 1913 Edition


Stoolball

Stool′ballˊ

,
Noun.
A kind of game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women.
Nausicaa
With other virgins did at
stoolball
play.
Chapman.

Definition 2024


stoolball

stoolball

See also: stool-ball

English

Noun

stoolball (uncountable)

  1. An old English sport resembling cricket.
    Nausicaa / With other virgins did at stoolball play. Chapman.