nineholes

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noun

A game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.

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Meanings

nounnineholes (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountablegamesA game in which each player bowls a ball towards nine holes in a board or the ground, scoring points according to which hole the ball enters.

    Nine-holes on the heath

    1612, Michael Drayton, “The Fourteenth Song”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC, page 227

Origin

From nine + holes.

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