cesta
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cesta
1900–05; < Spanish: literally, basket < Latin cista chest
Example Sentences
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That explains the oversized glove, which for Anderson felt like a jai alai cesta compared with the modest mitts infielders use.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
A cesta is ribbed, however, and the patterned wicker puts more English on the ball than can be found in most freshman college classes.
From Time Magazine Archive
His replies came back sharp and swift as a pelota from a cesta.
From Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers by Franck, Harry Alverson
A man accompanying them, it developed, knew Cuba and Jai Alai, and he secured for the amusement of the others a cesta, the basket-like racquet worn strapped to the arm.
From San Crist?bal de la Habana by Hergesheimer, Joseph
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