fieldhockey

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ˈfield ˌhock•ey, n. [uncountable]

1. Sport a field game in which two teams of 11 players each use curved sticks to try to drive a ball into a netted goal.

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field′ hock′ey, 

1. Sport 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.

• 1900–05

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field hockey noun

1. hockey played on a field, as distinguished from ice hockey