| 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 n. A game played on turf in which two opposing teams of players, using curved sticks, try to drive a ball into the opponents' goal. |