Definition of Field game

1. Noun. An outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Game

field days
field dependence-independence
field depth
field diaphragm
field dress
field effect
field effects
field emission
field emission display
field emission microscope
field emission microscopes
field emission microscopy
field emission tube
field event
field fever
field game (current term)
field garlic
field general
field goal
field goals
field grade
field gradient
field guide
field gun
field hand
field hands
field hockey
field hockey ball

Literary usage of Field game

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"An American field-game, which derives its origin from the old schoolboy game of 'rounders.' It has been known in various forms in the Eastern States for ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1890)
"The " Field" game is played by everybody. The picked players meet twice a week in ... The Eton " Field " game has, in the opinion of the writer, merits, ..."

3. A History of Eton College by Lionel Cust (1899)
"There are two games at Eton, the ' Field-game' and the 'Wall-game. ... The 'Field-game' also derives its rules from the limitations under which it was ..."

4. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of by Henry Chadwick (1884)
"The ordinary rules governing the batsmen and pitcher are not so strictly observed as in the field-game, the impossibility of obtaining a good footing making ..."

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