bully-off

noun

1. a method by which a game is restarted after a stoppage. Two opposing players stand with the ball between them and alternately strike their sticks together and against the ground three times before trying to hit the ball

verb

1. (intr, adverb) to restart play after a stoppage with a bully-off

Word History and Origins

Origin of bully-off¹

C19: perhaps from bully scrum in Eton football; of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Great British Cycling bully-off continues And so to the nagging question about British Cycling: why must bullying allegations attend it at every turn?

From The Guardian

At exactly eleven, the center forwards, Blossom and Veronica, began the bully-off.

From Project Gutenberg