shinty
Britishnoun
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a simple form of hockey of Scottish origin played with a ball and sticks curved at the lower end
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the stick used in this game
verb
Etymology
Origin of shinty
C17: possibly from Scottish Gaelic sinteag a pace, bound
Example Sentences
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Former nurse of 40 years' service Barbara Millar is 80 and also trying out shinty for the first time.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024
The traditional Scottish game of shinty is normally played by the fit young men and women of communities in the Highlands and Argyll.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024
Coming from the whisky town of Oban on Scotland’s coast, MacIntyre also plays a local game called shinty that is similar to field hockey.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022
A shinty player is used to hitting the ball as often with the left as the right face of the stick, which, interestingly, is raked back to as much as a 5-wood in golf.”
From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020
He lay hold on an oaken shinty stick that hung on the wall, property of the ferry-house landlord's son.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil
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