Fives

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fives \Fives\, n. [See {Vives}.]
     A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives.
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Fives \Fives\ (f[imac]vz), n. pl.
     A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis;
     -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to
     the game. --Smart.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Fives court}, a place for playing fives.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fives
       n : a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front
           wall and two side walls