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Definition of Medicine ball
1. Noun. Heavy ball used in physical training.
Definition of Medicine ball
1. Noun. A large, heavy sphere of leather or plastic filled with sand and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Medicine Ball
Literary usage of Medicine ball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Physical Drill: United States Army by Edmund Luther Butts (1900)
"The medicine ball is round, about one foot in diameter, filled with hair or some"
soft material, covered with leather, and weighs from four to seven pounds. ..."
2. Play, Comprising Games for the Kindergarten, Playground, Schoolroom and by Emmett Dunn Angell (1920)
"medicine ball PLAY The medicine ball, invented by Robert J. Roberts, the "grand
old man" of physical training, is one of the most useful pieces of ..."
3. American Playgrounds: Their Construction, Equipment, Maintenance and Utility by Joseph Lee (1908)
"The medicine ball is useful for the lone man who has to exercise without company
... Without going too minutely into the early history of the medicine ball, ..."
4. Exercise in Education and Medicine by Robert Tait McKenzie (1915)
"Such exercises as throwing the medicine ball, a large ball weighing from 7 to 12
... The use of the medicine ball for class work. simple apparatus work, ..."
5. Biggle Horse Book: A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Horse, Original by Jacob Biggle (1894)
"Giving Medicine — medicine ball — Injections—Physic — Condition Powders—Ending
a Horse's Life. Many inexperienced horsemen know nothing of how to give a ..."
6. Annual Report of the Governor of Puerto Rico by Puerto Rico Governor (1912)
"Giant stride, vaulting pole, seesaw, medicine ball, quoits, iron pins, flying
rings, basket-ball and baseball outfits. Baseball outfits, 12-pound shot, ..."
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