grass hockey

noun

, Canadian.

1. field hockey.

grass hockey

noun

1. field hockey, as contrasted with ice hockey

Word History and Origins

Origin of grass hockey¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

He transformed a landfill into a small grass hockey field and uses his free time to teach the sport to children aged 8 to 15 in Kolkata.

From Wall Street Journal

The Bluff folks that plays grass hockey, all over what was Bijah Woods's farm, men and girls both, has their sleeves pushed up as if they were going at a day's wash, and their collars open and hanging to the hind button, which to my mind looks shiftlesser than doin' without.

From Project Gutenberg