stool-ball

== English == === Alternative forms === stoolball === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstuːlbɔːl/ === Noun === stool-ball (countable and uncountable, plural stool-balls) An old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide. A ball used in the game of stool-ball. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “stool-ball”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.