Tether-ball

2 definitions found

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

  Tether-ball \Teth"er-ball`\, n.
     A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a string
     from an upright pole, the object of each side being to wrap
     the string around the pole by striking the ball in a
     direction opposite to the other.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tetherball
       n : a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball
           that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to
           wrap the string around the pole