shinty
(ˈʃɪntɪ)
Also shintie.
[Formation obscure; ? for shin t'ye, cf. shin ye (see shinny).]
1. = shinny.
| 1771 Pennant Tour Scot. 167 The shinty, or the striking a ball of wood or of hair. 1793 Statist. Acc. Scot. V. 72 On holidays, all the males of a district..met to play at football, but oftener at shinty. 1808 Jamieson, Shinty, the club used in playing [shinty]. 1876 J. Grant Burgh Sch. Scot. ii. v. 180 The rough but manly old game of ‘shinty’ has not yet quite fallen into desuetude. 1882 Jamieson's Sc. Dict., Shinty, the ball or knot of wood is called Shintie. |
| attrib. 1863 N. Macleod Remin. Highl. Par. iii, Few games..demand more physical exertion than a good shinty match. 1865 Morning Star 1 Feb., Past your ear whizzes a shinty ball. |
2. = shindy 3.
| 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair liv, There's a regular shinty in the house; and everything at sixes and sevens. The landlord's come in and took possession. |