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field hockey
noun
- 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
- hockey played on a field, as distinguished from ice hockey
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Word History and Origins
Origin of field hockey1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
The Dutch teenager, an avid field hockey, soccer, and tennis player, went to rehab, but as the swelling abated, her leg grew numb.
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Among the team games suitable for girls are: field hockey, soccer, baseball played with a soft ball and basket-ball.
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Shinny as played on Union Hill in the nineties had none of the refinements of its dignified cousin, field-hockey.
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I always did like field hockey, and I know I'd like it on the ice.
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