shinty

plural shinties

1. uncountablehobbiesA game derived from hurling, and resembling hockey, played in Scotland.

   Shinty, once a battle royal between villages, is still a far tougher game than hockey, its nearest Sassenach equivalent.

   1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 278

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   To the city's large population of Highlanders, it was a portal to home, a place where you could speak Gaelic and sing it, buy tickets to the Glasgow Skye Association's annual dance, squabble about shinty arrange a lift to Ullapool, read the classifieds in the West Highland Free Press.

   2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 156

   Synonyms: camanachd

2. countablehobbiesThe stick used to strike the ball in this game, similar to a hockey stick.

   Synonyms: caman