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Definition of Field game
1. Noun. An outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions.
Specialized synonyms: Field Hockey, Hockey, Football, Football Game, Hurling, Ball Game, Ballgame, Cricket, Lacrosse, Polo, Pushball, Ultimate Frisbee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Game
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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