field hockey

noun

1. a game played on a rectangular field having a netted goal at each end, in which two teams of 11 players each compete in driving a small leather-covered ball into the other's goal, each player being equipped with a stick having a curved end or blade that is flat on one side and rounded on the other.

field hockey

noun

1. hockey played on a field, as distinguished from ice hockey

Word History and Origins

Origin of field hockey¹

First recorded in 1900–05