trapball
[
trap
-bawl]
/ˈtræpˌbɔl/
noun
1.
an old game in which a
ball
placed on the hollowed end of a
trap
is thrown into the air by striking the other end of the
trap
with a bat and then driven to a distance with the bat.
2.
the
ball
used in this game.
Origin
1650-60;
trap
1
+
ball
1