net-ball

See also: netball, and net ball

English

Noun

net-ball (countable and uncountable, plural net-balls)

1. Dated form of netball.
   • 1913 January 15, “Personal and Official”, in C. W. Hastings, editor, The Gas Engineer’s Magazine and Gas Industries, volume XXIX, number 441, London: J. G. Hammond & Co., →OCLC, page 13, column 2:

     Some excellent photographs are taken of [...] members of the athletic club, "net-ball," "foot-ball," etc., [...]

   • 1946–1947, “[Windward Islands.] St. Lucia.”, in The West Indies Year Book: […], London: Thomas Skinner & Co., →OCLC, page 389, column 2:

     In addition to the above prominent clubs, there are a number of cricket, tennis, net-ball, and football clubs in the Colony.

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• ten-ball