shinny

[ shin-ee ]

/ ˈʃɪn i /

a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.

the club used.

to play shinny.

to drive the ball at shinny.

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transliterate

First recorded in 1665–75; variant of shin ye, cry used in the game

shinny²

[ shin-ee ]

/ ˈʃɪn i /

shin¹(def 5): He shinnied up the tree.

1850–55, Americanism; apparently derivative of shin¹; source of -y is unclear

Silently, the manikin clasped the nearest table leg, shinnied up and hauled himself over the top.
Astounding Stories, August, 1931|Various
With considerable difficulty he had shinnied up the table leg, and had hoisted himself over the awkwardly projecting table edge.
The Land of Footprints|Stewart Edward White
Keeping a lookout over his shoulder he dragged the heavy lump of metal to the fence, boosted it over, and shinnied after it.
In Pawn|Ellis Parker Butler
Smaller images, no more than two inches high, shinnied up a table leg.
Empire|Clifford Donald Simak

He must have lost his nerve when he made out your smoke and shinnied up there to stow away, taking the ship's papers with him.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4)|Various