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trap-ball
trap-ball (ˈtræpbɔːl) [f. trap n.1 + ball n.1] A game in which a ball, placed upon one end (slightly hollowed) of a trap (trap n.1 3), is thrown into the air by the batsman striking the other end with his bat, with which he then hits the ball away.1658 Churchw. Acc. St. Marg. Westminster (Nichols 17...
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Dee Stakes
Joceline
1828: Terror
1829: Butterfly
1830: Moss Rose
1831: Tilcher
1832: Birdcatcher
1833: Jack Faucet
1834: Touchstone
1835: Peter Simple
1836: Trap-Ball
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Stoolball
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Bat and trap
Cricket
Origins of baseball
Pub games
Rounders
Trap-ball
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Stoolball England
Stoolball
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trippet
▪ I. trippet1 (ˈtrɪpɪt) Forms: 4–5 tripet, trypet, 5 trepett, 6 tryppyt, 7 trippett, 9 -it, 8– trippet. [In sense 1 a. OF. tripot, -pout (a 1350 in Godef.). But in 2–4 associated with or formed from trip v., n.1] † 1. An evil scheme; a malicious trick or plot. Obs.c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls...
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Hey Diddle Diddle
Aragon (Katherine la Fidèle); Catherine I of Russia, the wife of Peter the Great; Canton de Fidèle, an alleged governor of Calais; and the game of cat (trap-ball Although there is some support for the trap-ball theory, scholarly commentators mostly conclude that the verse is simply meant to be nonsense.
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trap
▪ I. trap, n.1 (træp) Forms: 1 treppe, træppe, 3–5, 7 trapp, 4–6 trappe, 4– trap. [Late (and rare) OE. treppe, træppe (in coltetræppe), ME. trappe, trapp, agrees in form and sense with rare MDu. trappe trap, gin, snare, mod.WFlem. traap, trape (De Bo), in Kilian, 1599, ‘trappe (old word) mouse-trap,...
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Darebase
: "Until about 20 or 30 years ago, the fields around London, Marylebone-fields, the Long-fields, Spa-fields, &c., were alive with players at cricket, trap-ball
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quoit
▪ I. quoit, n. (kɔɪt, kwɔɪt) Forms: α. 4–7 coyte, 5–6 (9) coite, 6 c(h)oytte, 7 coyt, coight, 6– coit. β. 7 quoite, quoyt(e, 6– quoit. γ. 6–7 quaite, 7 quayte, queit, 8 quait. [Of obscure etym.; the variation of form between coit, quoit, and quait prob. indicates a French origin. Derivation from OF....
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Highbury
its size and facilities, taking over land and buildings from the farm next door, reaching beyond what is now Kelvin Road and created a bowling green, trap-ball
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prisoners' bars
prisoners' ˈbars, ˈbase Forms: α. 7– prison-bars (8 bar); β. prison-base (7 prison bace, 8 bass); γ. 9 prisoner's, -ers' bars; δ. 9 prisoner's, -ers' base. [See prisoner2 and bar n.1 17, base n.2 The earlier forms were prison-bars and prison-base, the former app. the original: cf. the Fr. name of th...
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Origins of baseball
There were also games (e.g. stool-ball, trap-ball) which involved no running at all. Trap-ball may be the origin of the concept of foul lines; in most variants the ball had to be hit between two posts to count.
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out
▪ I. out, adv. (aʊt) Forms: 1 {uacu}t, 2–4 ut, (3 hut, hout, 4–5 ouȝt, 4–6 oute, owte, 5–7 ought, owȝt), 4–7 owt, (6 owtt(e), 3– out, (9 Sc. and north. dial. oot). [Com. Teut.: OE. {uacu}t = OFris., OS. ût (MDu. uut, MLG. ût, Du. uit, LG. ut), OHG. ûȥ (MHG. ûȥ, Ger. aus), ON. {uacu}t (Sw. ut, Da. ud...
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ground
▪ I. ground, n. (graʊnd) Forms: 1–5 (6– Sc.) grund, 4–6 grond, (5 gronnde), 4–7 grounde, 5 grownd(e, (5 grount, growende, 6 growinde, groune, 7 grown), 3– ground. [Com. Teut.: OE. grund str. masc. = OFris., OS. grund (MDu. gront, inflected grond-, Du. grond), OHG. grunt, krunt (MHG. grunt, grund-, G...
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