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Definition of Trapball
1. n. An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4.
Definition of Trapball
1. Noun. (obsolete) A game in which a batsman makes a ball hit a trap (device) that sends the ball into the air, from where the batsman has to hit it again ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trapball
1. a type of ball game [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trapball
Literary usage of Trapball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... pushpin and trapball been to the same extent, and for the same length of time,
employed for the designation of the two branches of art and science, ..."
2. The Play of Man by Karl Groos (1901)
"In playing trapball, the ball is placed on a springboard and sent aloft. ...
In England, trapball can be traced back to the fourteenth century. ..."
3. Racing Calendar by Robert J. Hunter (1838)
"trapball, by Battledore, 4 yrs—Darling 1 Ld Stanley's ch. h. ... Bollington, 3
yrs old - - 5 5 to 4 on trapball, and 2 to 1 agst Amurath. ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1896)
"A game at ball, very like trapball, but more simple ; a hole in the ground serving
for the trap, a flat piece of bone for the trigger, and a cudgel for the ..."
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