English

Alternative forms

stoolball

Noun

stool-ball

1. An old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide.
2. A ball used in the game of stool-ball.

References

• J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.