Shinty

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A Scottish team game resembling hockey, played with wooden sticks and a small ball on a grass field
2. A sport originating in the Scottish Highlands where players use curved sticks to strike a ball toward the opposing goal
3. An outdoor team game traditional to Scotland in which players with wooden clubs attempt to drive a ball into the opposing team's net

Etymology: Shinty is a stick-and-ball game played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and its name is Scottish in origin, though the exact etymology is not something I can trace with confidence. The sport is closely related to hurling in Ireland, and the two are often described as cousins that share a common ancestor in early ball-and-stick games, but the name itself does not come from that shared past in any way I can confirm.

Synonyms: shinney, hockey