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Definition of Tetherball
1. Noun. A game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole.
Definition of Tetherball
1. n. A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a string from an upright pole, the object of each side being to wrap the string around the pole by striking the ball in a direction opposite to the other.
Definition of Tetherball
1. Noun. A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposte directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole. ¹
2. Noun. The ball in the sport of tetherball. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tetherball
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetherball
Literary usage of Tetherball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Read & Understand Celebrating Diversity Grades 3-4 by Martha Cheney (2000)
"Would you like to play tetherball with me?" Maria smiled and the two started
toward the tetherball poles. After that, the rest of the day sped by. ..."
2. The Playground Book by Harry Sperling (1916)
"Let the boys play Quoits or tetherball during this time, and give to the younger
children the swings, teeter-boards, etc. 3:30 to 4:00. ..."
3. American Playgrounds: Their Construction, Equipment, Maintenance and Utility by Joseph Lee (1908)
"tetherball also comes in about this time, so do simple devices for high jumping
and pole vaulting; also teeter boards and sand piles for the little ones. ..."
4. Year Book by Charleston (S.C.) (1916)
"Baseball, football, basketball, tetherball, volley ball, track and field sports,
croquet, quoits, ring games, folk dances, story telling, sand boxes, ..."
5. The San Antonio Public School System: A Survey Conducted by J.F.Bobbitt by John Franklin Bobbitt, San Antonio (Tex.). School Board (1915)
"Certain games like baseball, football, tennis, hockey, shinney, leap frog,
badminton, tug-of-war, duck on a reck, tetherball, prisoner's base, ..."
6. The Kindergarten for Teachers and Parents (1907)
"The girls have sets of tennis, croquet, basketball, tetherball, giant strides,
see-saw, etc. There is the usual shelter for hot or rainy days, ..."
7. Basic Math Skills, Grade 1 by Jo Ellen Moore (2003)
"... white, and blue 3. tree-green and brown 4. tetherball-yellow and black 5.
a child should be drawn in the sandbox Page 185 Answers will vary. Page 186 1. ..."
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