Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

field hockey

See more synonyms for field hockey on Thesaurus.com
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.
Show More

Origin of field hockey

First recorded in 1900–05
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for field hockey

Historical Examples

  • Shinny as played on Union Hill in the nineties had none of the refinements of its dignified cousin, field-hockey.

    Rough-Hewn

    Dorothy Canfield

British Dictionary definitions for field hockey

field hockey

noun
  1. US and Canadian hockey played on a field, as distinguished from ice hockey
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012